The Man I Didn’t Date

He was too loud, I heard him

long before I saw him

boinking, bonking, humming,

honking, goodness, you

would think he’d break

the sound barrier

with his blurting, blaring,

cackling, burping, chortling,

chirping. I exchanged my

picture for a goose and

snuck out with a face mask

hoping he would find

a good mate at our bad date

at the zoo.

published in Sonnets to Sing