open-eyed love

"people should fall in love with their eyes closed"

well, Andy Warhol, i think that's wonderful and all

but i have just a few complaints,

how am i suppose to become enamored with his crooked smile

with the one snagletooth that only shows itself

when he's genuinely happy?

and how am i suppose to learn that expression

that means he's in pain

but doesn't want to talk about it

or even feel it

because he's been taught by his miserable father that

"real men don't have emotions."

(bullshit.)

and could you tell me how i can fall in love

without seeing the passion in his eyes,

-- no matter the color,

the set,

or the angle they've been placed--

when he talks about the things and people he loves,

the ideas he has,

and the life he wants to live with me.