Poem: No Ifs About It

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No Ifs About It

Life Will Get You in the End:
Short Stories by David Satterlee

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An indecent (ie: not ready for prime time) proposal. A young man practices proposing (to his sister's stuffed doll, from the sounds of it). He probably shouldn't try this one on a real girl. Birdies and puppies and fish, oh my!  

No Ifs About It

If I had a little bird

Who sang a song to me,

Then I would build a home for it

Hung high up in a tree.

   Or

If I had a puppy dog

Who’d cry in pure delight

Then I would lay a rug for it

So it could sleep at night.

   Or

If I had a bowl of fish

Who'd swim and flit around

Then I would make their water fresh

And keep them safe and sound.

   But

If I had you here with me

I’d love you for all time.

And I would share my life. I would

Be yours and you’d be mine.

                                 February 29, 1972

 

Poem: Gathering Courage

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Gathering Courage

Life Will Get You in the End:
Short Stories by David Satterlee

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Short stories by David Satterlee

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A decent proposal. A young man ponders the anxiety he may feel when it comes time to, someday, pop the question.

Gathering Courage

Standing on the corner,

Passing time away,

I think of all the times we’ll meet

And all the things we’ll say.

I think of sitting close to you

And watching the moon rise.

We’ll let the world just pass us by

What fools could be more wise?

I’ll hold you close and speak your name

Until we rise and all can see

That what they once had thought was one

Was really you and me.

I’ll care for you and make you mine

And we will vow our need.

Will share a love that only gives

And never takes in greed.

I think of what I need to live—

How I’d give all that I claim

To have you for my own to love

And have you share my name.

                             February 28, 1972