Is that how they ask guys out
where you come from?
Is this the way you treat boys
and try to win their favor?

I’m not complaining.
I just don’t understand you
– never really have –
and I don’t get your behavior
in most circumstances
so now
I’m unclear
if this bit of nonsense
we’re going through
is part of a pickup
or something else again.

Any answer’s all right with me.
I’m just trying to get a handle
on your head.
You can talk to me.
I may even understand.