Love Poem: Love Going To the Winner
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Written by: Marc O'Brien

Love Going To the Winner

I did not let it go  

To the relationship we had after the staged show  

We both watched the curtain go down  

And off to a quiet conversation we were bound  

“How does that sound?”  

I politely asked  

Since it was my gentlemen task  

I admired you sitting in a respectable way  

Listening to what I had to say  

But the hour turned late  

Ending our lovely date  

We said our goodbyes  

Taking separate cabs as rides  

Morning soon came  

You returned to the TV interview fame  

While I continued my bachelor game  

Until lunch break  

That I did take  

Escorted my newspaper  

That some said made her  

Proclaiming next door fun  

When the coffee conversation was done   

Reading the tabloid back to front  

Checking to see if my sporting team was still in the hunt  

I came upon the socialite report  

Used to be entertaining when defending my lonely fort  

Suddenly I noticed a picture of me  

Holding a cup of something was brewing tea  

For all to see  

“Who was I with?” 

A star presented as a winning gift  

We both had an engaging look  

Tempting the reader with its luring still image hook  

Smiling I finished my deli entrée  

That I used cash to pay  

Then my coworkers started to stir  

About my appearance with her 

“Call her? Ask her out!?”  

Was the unison shout  

Taking the advice  

Since it seemed nice  

Realizing no longer was the situation a donation bid  

True feelings were not being hid  

Made the telephone pitch 

Knowing deep down inside in the future we would be hitched  

It took some time  

For the romantic bells to chime  

Leaving us to embrace  

With love on our face  

And just in case  

You wonder 

If that promotional event was no blunder  

It truly was a success  

When she walked down the aisle in her wedding dress