Love Poem: Premature Penmanship
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Written by: Kim Rodrigues

Premature Penmanship

I was sleeping and right in the middle of a good dream
Like all at once I wake up from something that keeps knocking at my brain
Before I go insane I hold my pillow to my head
And spring up in my bed screaming out the words I dread
I think I love you (I think I love you)

Lyrics from I Think I Love You (The Partridge Family)

over and over again
with premature penmanship
i write your name, right next to mine
they share a pillow before i do

my first and maiden name
your first and our last name

my first, your last

Mr. And Mrs.

O the cursive kisses

before we met, there was a psychedelic bus
adventures of a long-haired voice
though not my idol choice
still the romance with his superb notes
he passed them to me
i ate up the heartbeats, ooh Bandala—
he’s coming for me, and i hold
that pillow to my brain
i think he loves me

i think he loves me
i wear his wedding band
their bands of gold
with leaves

i leave behind a fantasy
to fantasize my life
with thee

2/13/2022