FLIRTIN’

FLIRTIN’

the Universe
was flirting with me

at the quantum level
basement, mezzanine,
and other
levels

and thinking myself
star child suddenly
I flirted too

Universe
longer in the tooth
than me
     must have got
the wrong messages
probably
   reading a poem
where as
per usual

was
denying my age

but what could I do
but be
unfaithful to my reality
by playing along

for the Universes
was fine, looking
really good this evening
unlike during
the day
   when of the cosmos
no one sees nothing, sunlight
blanching everything
into one
   bright blue sky dark
gray sky, everyday
                 stereotype

yes
  Universe was flirting
endeavouring
maintain
     a solid connection
pique my degree
of interest

establish the terms of
our reciprocity

without which neither gets
to think existence