She doesn’t even go here
and shares her feelings so readily,
but where can I put mine?

If only someone would tell me,
“You GO, Damian Leigh!”
but that doesn’t even rhyme.

I cannot stop this car,
like I can’t forget being asked
how to spell “orange.”

Mike Kiggins lives and teaches in Nashville, Tennessee. His fiction has appeared in The Citron Review, A&U Magazine, and Monkeybicycle, among others. More of his writing can be found at http://www.heavytomorrow.com, and you can follow him on Twitter @heavytomorrow.