Mary’s Secret’s
© Ronley Teper 2004 (SOCAN)

Mary told me in secrecy
That you had a crush on me
But I brushed it off as a meager attempt of a friend to get me a date
After a two year relationship ended in hate
A few days later I’m hanging at Mary’s and guess who arrives
I can tell it’s attempt number two in disguise
Well I think I’m so wise as I listen to her lie
While he stares across at us with those eyes
But I’ll feel nothing except the growl of my stomach
Maybe I should eat something but for some reason
My heart keeps beating something beating
Beating beating
Over tea and I’m angry at me
How could I possibly like a guy who couldn’t possibly like me
So I avert his questions and sit there with arms crossed gestures
And tell them my sister needs a ride
So I get up from my chair
Take a breath of air
Say goodbye but dare not stare
And I feel nothing except when he turned around
Then I felt something I tried to stare him down
But he never turned around
And I get nothing