ain'tlovegrandwisdom

Love You Long Time

By Laura McCollough Moss

We're not kids

it's just another day really

Hallmark holiday

gone commercial

I'd kill you if you

spent money

out of obligation.

What's real love anyway?

Not construction paper hearts

with doilies on top

or the latest jewelry craze.

It's getting up with babies

making homemade soup

bringing home new boots when the old ones

crack and let the water in.

 We don't have to jump

through adolescent hoops

to know what we have here.

Still,

would it have killed you

to pick up a dollar card

and a candy bar?

I mean really.

What are you doing out there?

So this is what it's like

to sit in the living room

and smell something cooking.

Here you come with a plate

of noodles with the chicken

shaped perfectly on top.

"I can give you more but I didn't want to spoil the heart."

God I'm lucky

You've always known just what I needed

And I cry

Oh, Honey,

You shouldn't have.