Celebrating our third anniversary needs

no fuss or comment, because you side-stepped my needs. 

My mother keeps calling.  I keep her at bay, feed

her lines about how you’re attending to these needs. 

Disneyland—sunny, cool, eighty degrees—

is the perfect place to get down on one knee. 

I’m a fan of tax breaks, maybe enough to breed, 

so I encourage you to first get down on one knee. 

I want commitment; I’m not into greed. 

Diamonds, cubic zirconia, WalMart? Just fill my needs. 

When we make looove I mourn the wasted seed.

Oh Patrick, please buy me the ring I need!

-April 2010, for Danielle to her boyfriend