Lovelorn List Poem

If I wrote you all the words
I think of when I think of you,
I’d have to send you a copy
of Roget’s Thesaurus. Roses. Blooms.
Bluebelles. Baby’s breath. Thesaurus
sounds like a dinosaur. Pterodactyl.
Stegosaurus. T.rex. We saw us
once in a photo booth photo,

a cheap smear of laughter. Our tears
sprouting like the scent of English
roses. A day at the amusement park.
Roller coaster. Tilt-A-Whirl. Shoot-
the-chutes. Our legs wobbled to your car.
Spiked tires. And still we roared.