geeky and the beast
Jasmine Arch
i wonder
what the gods
were thinking
when they matched
my love and me
he watches sports
on tv
while I cradle
a book
in my lap
he spends hours
punching buttons
on a game controller
and i don’t hear
a single
of his virtual gunshots
bombs could go off
on the screen
or in the room
i would be
none the wiser
as i get lost
in rabbit holes
of my own devising
words tumbling
from my brain
rolling
over my fingers
onto a blank page
sometimes
he shakes his head
and i can almost
hear his thoughts
how
did i end up
marrying such a geek
don’t get me wrong
i love
every inch of ink
on his skin
the body
that wears khaki
so well
the mind i can make
neither head nor tail of
my mouth will run dry
and my legs turn to jelly
at the merest
of his kisses
polar opposites
that’s what we are
they probably thought
it would be funny
but when we stare
at each other’s jokes
like a mime
at a stand-up comedian
the question
is no longer
what they were thinking
but rather what they were drinking
and why
on earth
they didn’t share it with me
