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First Date ...in 12 lines

"Is the 

engaging person

you present 

to others 

really you?"

she asked,

during dessert.

~

"Not yet," 

he said, lost

in her pretty smile.

"It's the person 

I want to be."

______

Reviews

[Soren]

Cute in one way of looking at it, manipulative in another, wishful in another. Ambiguities are always great in poetry and stories.

[JD Major]

Thanks again Soren.
And, as you often do, you've pointed out layers I didn't fully see, much appreciated :)

[Ciara]

This is kind of cute.
The romantic in me reads it as the person you aspire to be, for her.

[JD Major]

Yes, I suspect change is usually inspired by a her or a him, haha

[jacob erin-cilberto]

reminds me of me in high school....those days when we thought putting forward who we really were would not be good enough...so we advanced a presentation of who we would like to be.
too much pressure that way.
j.

[JD Major]

Thanks Jacob, Yes I remember those days all too well,
impossible to keep up a phony persona.