Nearly Tripped Me Up

[Mark A Becker]

Nearly Tripped Me Up

Her look

almost hallucinogenic,

we locked eyes

then mine descended.

It flashed me back

to way back when,

that she'd be more

than just a friend,

but older men

don’t play pretend.

[dukealien]

The hell we don't   .


(We only seem less serious about the whole thing because we know those inevitable complications will outlive us.)

[Tiger the Lion]

Whenever I get caught "pretending" my GF calls me "viejo verde." (dirty old man) I always wanted to use it as a title for a poem. A sort of Bukowski theme. Just haven't gotten to it yet. Enjoy pretending not to pretend. 

[Mark A Becker]

Thanks duke, thanks Paul-

Hey, MeToo cuts both ways, and I do get tired of women feeding me their pretend  "sweety" and "honey" B.S. just because they think I'm a harmless old guy.

Most of the time I just say, "well darlin, my real name ain't "sweety", it's Mark, what's yours?" 

Mark

[Mark A Becker]

ps- I prefer honest interaction. My “better half” for over 40 years taught me that, I think. I’m a slow learner…