1.
INCEST

I am very much against this
except when you say that
you love me like a sister.

2.
THE PLAN

I’ll just keep being
really smart and pretty
until you realize it
and fall in love with me.

3.
OVER-COMPENSATING

this is what I feel people are doing
when I see them pawing each other
in public.

4.
OPTIMIST

Steven,
the guy who gave me my AIDS test,
was really cute.

5.
I AM SMARTER THAN HER

and this is my only consolation.

it only took one time to make yourself feel like mine
thought you were mine ‘cause you were too fine
to fall asleep beside