A
Surrealist Love Story of Tainted Love and Wedding Proposals
by Lee Kuruganti © 2007
Again, Frank brought home a woman
he never met before.
Her name was Mary
and the other Grace.
She made herself
comfortable on the couch
that was not there.
She had long blond hair
that was black and short.
He poured her a drink,
from an unopened bottle of cough syrup.
She offered to help
by not being there and thanked him.
He poured himself a drink
from a glass he never found.
They sat in silence
as they talked out loud.
He got on one knee
as he stood before her and
removed a small elephant
from the sock on his nose.
He stared into her bellybutton
and nervously asked her to marry,
then date or
go for a walk by the pond.
She replied with an emphatic,
"Yes. No. No."
Today they are always apart
and forever together, and
yet, will never meet,
Again.