it happened
one night
after 12 beers
and steak n shake
she said come in
and i did
a few weeks later
she called again
“you know that time,
you came in,” she asked.
how could i forget – but
i played along.
“uh … yeah, I think so,
after the cheeseburgers”
there was silence.
and more.
“You still there, baby” I said.
and more silence.
“I think I’m pregnant.”
well this certainly
came as a shock to me
but i played it cool
“we’ll do what we gotta
do baby” is all i said.
a few weeks went
by, and no phone call
came.
So i drove to her house
to see what was up.
“I got my period, she said,”
and just like that, my
dreams were dead.
