“Well I think it’s funny,

all these women

crying about men

calling them sweetheart.”

 

It’s never really meant

in that way

when he takes you by the hips,

shouts above the music,

and introduces himself

with a comment on your form.

 

It’s all banter,

the older man on the phone

asking for one of the guys

who’ll understand better

than the girl who called

because that’s her job.

 

It’s just a joke,

boys being boys,

when they hold you

in a corner,

and pretend for fun

while everyone laughs.

 

It’s just a little thing,

on a little thing,

on a little thing,

on a little thing,

that leaves a big thing

missing inside of me.

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Written in response to Mindlovmisery’s Menagerie Friday First Line “Well I think it’s funny…”