FLIRTATION

He begins, tentatively

Then withdraws

She smiles a watery

Half smile at him

He says something

About love

Mocking, Vague,

Testing the waters

With just his

Little toe

And she pretends

she wasn’t listening

and hasn’t understood

 

They aren’t sure

Of what they want

Or if they even want

anything at all!

This is so exciting

right now

This play acting

The funny feeling inside

A little tightening

Of the muscle

Just around the heart.

 

It isn’t love

They aren’t free to love

That is forbidden

Are you crazy?

Convinced that their minds

are in total control

Of their hearts

They play this game

Just for the fun of it

 

A game,

which neither can win

A game,

which they both lose.

Swati Chandran

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