says the heart desires

an older poem, but one of my favorites - reposted for v-day

what we call love___is
____mostly prestige

it does not belong to us
to dish it
_____or worse__overpowering

find from its shelf
needed to be improved
_____only slightly
some drill bits or
a laser level

less effective
than imagined

______says the heart desires

opened big stupid mouth
_____skullduggery
saying things
did not improve

the world doesn't shut down
____down to remarkable

like this problem
saying stupid things
_____relentlessly exposed