oh, the dates I've been on.
the terrible, terrible dates.
I could regale you with tales
not worth hearing,
and you'd feel trapped, because
we've just started talking,
and you hadn't expected
the conversation to get boring
so quickly. but here it is, I'm turning
you into a log with my stories;
and you, you feel you're in one. one
of my stories.
every conversation with me is a bad date.
I am a scientist in poor talking.
you are my subject. the results: tired, predictable.
depressing.