Am i an Eeyore?/
Or am i hoping for more/
than someone can give?

Alterntative ending
Am i an Eeyore?/
Or am i hoping for more/
than some want to spend?

“Half way there/
livin’ on a prayer”/
just played:/

Jon’s prayer
for you;/
Your friends hope/
that barbeque/
fuels/
your feet/
to finish.

Of all things I miss,/
who knew Internet access/
would top my short list?

She sent me a text thank you
for my thoughts and prayers,
after she told me to
give her a break.

She said I was too much.
so, as she requested,
I kept out of touch,
and only wished her good luck.

Her text makes me a little sad,
like it was forwarded or sent to many.
Still, I suppose I should be glad
that she would even remember me.

Especially when someone with a George Clooney dose
calls her “Baby” and sends her XXOOs.

Reflection showed I’m/
not the man I thought I was./
I am changing me.

I get it; I’m not a dope./
I’d just gone overboard with hope./
I’ll back away from being intense./
I don’t want appear 2 dense./
And absence can always help 1 cope.

Alternative Limerick
I get it; I’m not a dope./
I’d just gone overboard with hope./
My mistake./
I’ll give you a break./
And absence can always help 1 cope.

Gettin’ my new ‘Do/
so I can meet you!/
Lookin’ like George Cloo/
ney./
Oh, you’ll soooo want me.

I’ve mellowed my romance,
yet I’m still too intense.
In baseball parlance,
I keep swinging for the fence …

and striking out.
I’m not certain what I want;
I’m not certain what that’s about.
I guess I should (mixing metaphors) just punt.

I once knew a woman
who was as enthused as could be.
Sometimes I think about her. Damn!
She was intense about ME!

The women I meet lately claim they have dreams;
But no one wants to put the effort in, it seems.

How many times a day/
may/
I say/
that Ur groovay?/
And remember, no answer is confirmation,/
substantiation,/
and subtle affirmation,/
not rejection,/
of my affection!