I Can’t See Anything I Don’t Like About You

My love is not eternal

Falls far as Dante's inferno

I am prone to fits of fright, moments of intense neuroticism

But when I'm good, good God I'm great

Great Scott! My heart does palpitate

But you've all heard this all before

So I will try and elaborate

I am Wirt with the cassette

I am Joel, post memory reset

I am Clementine with hazel eyes

And botched green hair in disrepair

I am Ramona's evil exes

I am all of her best interests

I am everyone and everything

All of the time

Oh God I'll be

I'll bring the nachos to your barbeque

The nicotine, and nettles too

I exist inside this puzzle

We all exist within this room

Playing games about our names

Signifiers, so hard to change

I play along but I'm not here

I'm lying face down in your neighbour's pool

Soaking in the chlorine

Wish to smell so Sunday morning

When my friends would all go swimming

And I would drown within the shallow end

And the kids were all relentless

With their teases and their tempers

I sleep better on the sofa

Please do not take me to the bedroom."