Thirteen Ways of Looking at Love

(1)  Emerging triumphant from a dream
	the lovers feigned bemusement.

(2)  On a cold night one lover absconded
	with a favorite memory.
	Somewhere a dirge was whistled.

(3)  How many lovers does it take  to change?

(4)  There is a time in early morning
	when love is taken for granted.
	By nightfall love is taken for granite.

(5)  Two kisses reflected on a moonbeam's laugh
	bear curious witness.

(6)  If blackbirds knew beauty
	I would love you exactly as I do now.

(7)  The continents shift apart at
	precisely seven inches a year.
	Our love expands prodigiously.

(8)  Rumors are lies in makeup.
	Love has a natural beauty
	which has no ears.

(9)  When apprised of his situation
	the condemned man was still in love.

(10)  The power of love
	was never more poignantly demonstrated
	than by the princess who kissed the wrong frog.


(11)  If not for lovers
	most lovesongs would go unappreciated.

(12)  These were the times that tried men's souls
	but the lovers wore no watches.

(13)  When asked to comment on the plight of mankind
	entering the new millenium the lover would only say
	"I love you".

Bob McAfee - 2/12/97