Plum Academic

the kind when introspection
overtakes a natural chat
am I smiling in the right way?
was that a joke to be laughed at?
 
...or the kind when
it's not as fresh and free as last time
running out of
things to say
 
every perfection obsessed over
from pedestal to parasol
not that she has either
it's just the books I've read
 
O, to be young!
to be an American student on a foreign visa
I want to like sweet dessert
and sing and dance as they do in Italy
 
the kind when
the time when
the feeling of
then the feeling of 
being here so many times before