R FOR ROBOT
met a robot
an R for robot robot
fell into a philosophical
argument
about the band
Metallica
she
sneered, as machines do,
when I told her
I could not help
but esteem them
overrated
devoid of complete
creative gift
whereupon
she flashed red outrage
swearing she would
“show this
rock heretic the
true meaning of metal”
which pretty much
ended one truly
beautiful relationship
there and then
poems 2 die for 