Originally posted as Oppositional Defiant
And moved to Node Heaven
Resurrected.


And they have been playing phone tag for a week
Planning lunch
He's quick on the phone
And fuck it anyhow, she doesn't care at this point
He says
"Wear something casual."
She doesn't snarl out loud
Picks the second level black leather jacket
Not the really scarey one
and tries the purple glitter cotton micro mini
But she has to do the math teaching
After lunch
Doesn't feel quite right
Black velvet tank
Black brushed cotton mini
Short, not clingy
Doesn't wear much fucking makeup
Just eyeliner
And lipstick
Tired of people
Telling her
What they fucking think
She should fucking do
Or be
And the website
Can't they take a fucking joke?
It's the wrong month to get in her face
Gosh, be yourself
What a fucking lie
They are on her tail
Like a fucking cop
She chooses the white cream lace thigh highs
Flat sandals
Meets him
He gives her a flower
That has some class
Lunch is ok
He is fussy and sends food back
Though her plate is better
But if he can cook
As claimed
She damn well thinks he should know
That mussels are fucking tricky
She was nearly late
Because she talked to the shrink
Perspicacious, he pisses her off
Asking what she's doing with all the energy
That used to be burned off
She wants to snarl at him too
And that other guy
With the tandem
Took her riding
(On the tandem)
Offered to loan her bicycle clothes
Fucking penile assumptions
She has fucking bicycle clothes
And has for 25 years
Jaysus fucking christ
And the lunch guy
Was using that technique
Make the girlie happy
By asking her a lot of questions
She learned that from the last dude
He fucking learned it at Rutgers
And told her 4 months into the
Fucking Relationship
She slammed her guard down
Just like the airlocks on the Enterprise
She was silent for about
Ten fucking minutes
He'd tried to jump through
As the doors fucking closed
Too late, honey
Airlocks closed
Open vents
So the lunch guy
She turns the questions
Back on him
He compliments her blue eyes
But realizes his fucking mistake
And talks about the genetics
Instead
And asks
About the work politics
She answers with
Fucking psychiatric theory
And he doesn't scoff
Pretty quick on his feet
But when he walks her to her car
He tells her to put the flower in water
Like she fucking has a vase stored ready
In the fucking car
She points out that she cracked the windows
To give it air
While she thinks

Teach your grandmother
To suck eggs