Red Pants and Romance

Red Pants and Romance - Balancing Act

I dredged the silt of memory

Days passed into history

And found that under scrutiny

Most are best left mystery

Selections of past incidents

For reviewing in the present tense

Can be done in ways which will omit

Mistakes of heart you've paid for since

If life's just a linotype lodged in your head

Each day's an edition of things done and said

And if love me nots are all that's expressed

Edit the flower and re ink the press

Day one we kissed in verdant spates

Day three I had her slinging plates

Days four through eight for peace I'd wait

But would these too be deleted dates

Months later when by chance we met

The plates I'd managed to forget

But a quick right hook just sealed the bet

That she could not forgive me yet

If life's just a linotype lodged in your head

Each day's an edition of things done and said

And if love me nots are all that's expressed

Recycle the paper and question the quest

If life's just a linotype lodged in your head

Each day's an edition of things done and said

And if love me nots are all that's expressed

Recycle the paper and question the quest