By Whispermist
Date: 2001 Aug 22
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[[2001.08.22.21.29.2733]]

Romance by the Numbers


Sitting at the bar
with Leslie
watchin them
watch us
and enjoying
the rating game.

See
Leslie judges
HIS PACKAGE
then his face
and his body.

That's ok
but I look
at the watch
the fingers
(for ring marks)
the clothes
the hair
and how he carries himself.

She's scorin
them high tonight
but then she's
sticking to her seat
she's so desperate.

I've been played before
and I know the rules now.
I can spot a 4
with a size 6 wallet
and call him a 10
if you work him right.
And that guy at the end
may look good
but he's a 3 and 3
and not coming near me.

I might go home alone.
I made up my mind
after the last time
to look for a 4
with a 16 wallet
and check him out close.
I might play
but in this game
no one gets near
the heart again
not for a while
unless they really
tip the scale.

See those shoes?
Leslie?
She'll never learn.