Rhyme & Reason

I could always make her laugh

In a nerdy way, I made jokes about math

Which was funny because I was into art

And she was an electrical engineer

But still I chuckled at the things that set her apart

I’d just never met a nerd who was into heart

“I’m into freedom, I’m into justice, I like people”

“I like bagels, I like beanies, I like Sigel”

I spat the coffee out of my mouth when I heard that

I was embarrassed I had asked if she had ever heard rap

I said “I can pen but I never wrote that hun”

She just kinda shrugged, “if you can make jokes about math, I can make that pun”

We used to laugh a lot cause I thought she was beautiful

And most days she reduced it to evolutionary principles

The birds and the bees, I wrote a poem about it

Two sentient simians sitting in a tree,

I called it Kay aye S.S. aye and G.

It got rejected at a recital, she said it was because of the juvenile title

“‘A blind unguided process to prevent losses in species’ would have been safer”

I said I’d call it that if she used mine for an academic paper.

Until one day she just came out and said it

“You’re the rhyme to my reason.”

The moment of its placement made me just have to smile at the statement.

“Jess I love you too.”