A Poem A Day, №7

June 21st, 2017

Melinda

If I wrote a song about a girl

I would call her Melinda

And every girl I know would wonder

Whether she was Melinda

Except for the one girl I know called Melinda

Who I would assure, “No of course it’s not you”

She would believe me

Because I haven’t seen her in years

And I never think about her

Except when writing songs

With her name

But actually the song wouldn’t be about her

It would be about a girl

Who doesn’t exist

But who wears

Extremely attractive glasses

Nobody would like the song

And I would see this

As proof of its greatness