Low Level Loves
For most of us baize friendship is a low
Replacement for the brocade kinds of love.
It hums along, not singing. It is slow
Compared to passion which is far above
It, or at least in poetry it is.
A man needs buddies, yes, of course, but they
Don’t ever generate that hormone fizz
Romantic love engenders. Pals are gray
And lovers scarlet. Football players hug
Each other on the field but not in a bed.
Sport’s squeezes do not really give a tug
To heart. They’re lame and seldom thoroughbred.
..It’s like most men exist behind a shield.
….Perhaps it’s different on a battlefield.