Nothing extends a phone
call more effectively than
saying you’re on your way out
but she wants to tell you
the five things she requires
in a man one is intelligence
he must have a brain
also he must be good a term
she likes because it embraces both
the opposite of evil and “good in
bed” and you admire the way
she skillfully maneuvered the
conversation to the sex lives
of jazz fans who live in the Village
and the enduring validity
of the Cyrano story and so
well you wish you didn’t have to go
January 31
Analysis, meaning and summary of David Lehman's poem January 31
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