By Michael -- share_the_love@hotmail.com
Date: 26 May 2000

I don't know (and that's alright)

I don't know
the last name
of the lady
I last dated.

I don't know
the new last name
of the lady
I last loved.
I don't know for sure if she's happy
I want her to be.

I don't know
the last name
of the lady
I flirt with
every other day
when I run into her
in the halls
as we smile
at each other
and sometimes
she reaches out
and touches my arm
as I'm talking
to someone else
about work
and sometimes
I wink at her
as I'm walking by
as she's talking
to someone else
about work

Come to think of it
I don't remember her first name either
but I remember her face
and her smile
and the fact that she's
taller than me.
I want to learn about
Mountain climbing.

I don't know the last name
of lady
I'm about to date
she's smart
and sexy!
works with robots !!
for a living!!!
and when she dances
she sways so sexily
and because I know her email address
because she gave it to me
I know all I need to know right now

In fact the only lady
I know the first and last name of
is the lady
I know from Showme
and the only reason I know that
is because she has sent me email
inviting me
along with around fifty other
ShowMe Showoffs
to watch the
"Worlds smartest children" on Fox.

And I could describe her.
But if she's got signs for me right now
I don't think that I can read them
They are probably written
in Hungarian notation.
But she is brilliant
and she likes to dance
and I made a decent first impression
but I need to make another.

I don't know an awful lot of things.
I know the most important thing.
I don't know anything.

I do know this.
I need to ask the right questions.
Names. Signs. Phone numbers.
Favorite nights to go out. Favorite types of food.
I need to forget the wrong questions.
I need to remember that I don't need to know everything.
All I need to know is whether we're having a good time.
All I need to know is that someday I'll have to discover
If the woman I end up walking with
is walking with me
Or just chatting while we're heading in the same general direction.
But I know that I don't need to know that for a while yet.

I am just a young man
with a charge card
and a new apartment
a little too big
for just one person

An apartment
That already needs
a little cleaning
especially in the extra room
that is there to remind me
that I have extra room
in my heart
that I need
to fill.
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