Boys’ night out
And they ask each other the questions
none of them has an answer for, like
“Why did she fall for me in the first place
if all she wants to do is change me now?”
it’s not that simple
But when it’s all over is the time
girls enjoy. They can be best friends then:
sympathise fully (cross your fingers),
analyse everything and attribute Causes.
it was never that simple
But does anyone here know why the white
picket fence is not the answer? Why it makes
us panicky and shrill, thinking we need things
like settling down together, kids, lawns
when we could so easily make do with nothing at all
and why it makes such innocent puzzled
baffled frustrated devious charmers
of them all, drinking and talking their way
through to perfect clarity on the matter?
and a full grasp of the easy answer
Anne French