as twenty something cynic
i've has given up on love.
with boy meets girl I¡¯m a tourist looking in,
and all I see sentiment and expectations;
property, pair bonding and other disasters.

boy meets boy isn't much better,
here we are lions at the gates
not showing our teeth
rewarded by cake and a ceremony with tuxes

you say to yourself, this isn't love,
this is code for something else.
besides you still want someone
to play all the domestic games with.