The is an adult poem
with mature ideas
and sophisticated themes.
This is the way a man broaches a subject:
not cowardly
not insidiously
but direct
Though still somewhat subtle.

This is how a poem gets written,
with words
and thoughts
and feelings
dripping through every stanza
– and it’s a poem that references stanzas
and meter and
it uses the word élan
at least once.
I can’t tell you where
but
it’s there.
Trust me,
it’s there.

This is an adult poem
one that belongs in a folio
or read in a turtleneck
under candlelight
to a woman
who knows things.

This is a poem
written by a man
a man
that i would very much like
to become.
If you tell me how,
I can give you a copy.