6. [not expecting]
Can you crown a poet who had a first kiss while an undergrad?
Maybe had sex for the first and last time before becoming celibate?
Learned that not everything that feels beautiful is right?
Or�has been raped? or�was the rapist? or�knew either victim?
Can't forget who lived in that apartment
and can't forget what was first done in there?
Did the poet make love to someone for months until that partner realized they
never loved back, or paid more and more attention to another person
or persons before the heartbreak? the soft let down? the terrible cheat?
Thought he or she wanted to resume but was really a friend who felt guilty?
How about a poet with an affinity for revision?
Or, pencil broken, understands how to receive love, but it's too late?
Had a long distance relationship?
Whose partner moved to Geneseo to be closer?
Found, after tasting thick or thin lips, the country persists?
Got mad when accused of having "jungle fever"?
Still loves that person-oh, yes, still does-no matter how ugly it got?
Noted (again) the anniversary of that first kiss?
Took a leap of faith and decided, with a new love, to save that very first kiss
for their wedding day (during sunrise)? Keep each press wholly?
Or, in a packed cafeteria, sat alone after giving blood to Red Cross?