Polar Bears

Can you still remember
That night in early September,
At the “3 cigs” pledge party,
On their decrepit couch?

How I drunkenly stumbled
Across the floor, and mumbled
An inebriated ice-breaker
About a polar bear?

You smirked, deciding to play,
And gamely asked how much they weigh.
But unprepared for such success,
I forgot the punch line.

I took a shameful swig of beer,
And waited for the familiar sneer
To send me, head hung and defeated,
Back to my social-leper friends.

But you didn’t laugh or turn away,
And I fell in love with you that day.
And since then, I’ve never pinched myself
For fear of waking up.

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Thank you for reading! This poem is the result of preliminary planning for a (love?) story I’m writing. I hope you enjoyed it.

As always, please like and comment with critique.

You can read more by Nick at Rafiki’s Nikki or check out this other works of a similar topic: Black Top Scrambled Eggs and Castle by the Sea

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