Dating: the standardized testing of the romantic realm,
reducing the human experience into a single goalā¦
a Relationship.
Ā
Dear scorers, what do you think of my fraction?
RelationshipĀ
Ā Ā Ā Person
Under this nonexistent box on this bubble sheet,
allow me to explain my answer.
Here Iāve put the idea of a relationship over the person.
Priority = relationship
so letās actively seek someone to fill that role.
Find the ex.
Ahem. I meant x.
Ā
Blissfully ignore the fact that youāve taken on a role yourself.
A hiring director ticking boxes.
A hunter peering through the rifleās scope.
Zeus in the heavens shuffling through his potential conquests,
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā speculating which animal form to assume next.
A car without headlights speeding into unknown territory
clouded with the fog of
idealistic romance,
expectations already formed.
Ā
Try to avoid careening into the Friend Zone,
though that might be the only surefire way to clear the fog
without going through the inauthentic rigmarole,
introducing the romantic element too soon.Ā
Ā
Oh, but we only have 90 years on this earth.
Too soon to let anything happen organically.Ā
So we submit our prey to disappointment and wasted time
and embrace the idea of becoming prey ourselves.
