Hero Worship or He Almost....

What an a*****e...

I made him bacon, eggs, chocolate dipped strawberries

Matching napkins and silverware placed just so....nerves

He sat, bedhead raging, smelling of last nights wine and words

Why wasn't he wearing a shirt?

I took mine off to make him feel comfortable, racing heartbeat

I said....I really like your poetry, blushing, slumber party girl

He said.....hmmmph.....thanks, pass the salsa

I said.....looks like it might rain

He said.....now you're a weather man?

He said.....I read one of your poems last year

He said....Senryu....hate to read, its all I could muster

I said....annnnd?

He said....didn't suck.....much

I beamed, he almost liked me

I passed him the strawberries

Author's Note

He is just a man afterall...

Reviews

[Chris]

Chuckling here... we don't choose whom we love just whom we like.

[Crowley]

Lol...You are always telling the truth Chris. A mostly redeeming quality. Thanks so much, great to see you. Working my way through your last post with the Lifehouse videos and got interrupted, but going back. I love Lifehouse and the concept of your piece.

[barleygirl]

This entire collection of thoughts, including your author's note & the line under the title . . . it's so vivid, it brings on a flood of my own tortured childhood memories. As the youngest of nine, a horribly dysfunctional family of abuse, I was habitually trying to make everyone happy & I refused to see how messed up we were. Now I see that none of us knew a thing about love, which is what helped me forgive us all. This is powerfully poignant & your use of details really shines (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Crowley]

Its crazy how little we think of ourselves at times that we would elevate another human being to the level f master without even knowing them. I think its one of the pivot points of the problems we are having with all the sexually abused finally coming forward when it comes to celebrities.

[barleygirl]

Good point . . . many forget it's about power more than sex.

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

I feel like Im back in Roarke's "barbie box"... I wanna awkwardly laugh, I look confused, I wanna curse....I feel kind deflated and exuberant all at the same time????? What have ya done to me Cee? ;p

[Crowley]

this is an old one brought back to life...its actually me when I preened over the writers I really liked. Although I pictured this one as male on male. there are people who don't even have to try, thus the line about the him hating to read. Some people amaze me at the way they can project a message, an emotion and realistic background without a blink of an eye.

[Neville]

Had to read three times in quick succession.. the first time out of curiosity, the second, because I really wanted to, plus I must confess, I enjoyed the pleasant, tight, smiley feeling in me cheeks it gave me, and the third time, I used it to loosen and re-manipulate my jaw back into place coz it made me larf so.. Whether that response was some kind of incongruity of affect remains to be seen... I aint gonna try a fourth.. Not tonight anyway.... Nice one my Friend ...... Neville

[Crowley]

Since you aren't required to read it at all, I will take the three!!! Thanks Neville, glad it made you kind of smile!!!

[Neville]

my pleasure... :) N