cat and mouse

he liked to go with the flow
and she liked to snap her fingers
to a beat all her own
they met two minutes and 30 seconds
after she claimed to be ready for love
and he embraced a new path while
she filed her nails to a point

he called her sweetie and honey
when her ears were shut and her mind
was relaxed
and she let him make decisions
when the doors were closed and the lock
was too hard to pry open

they needed to need each other
so they could stop looking for
somebody new
and though they had no name for
what they had and who they were
(she called it a thing like love
but he preferred the last word)
they stuck together
and held hands under see through tables
when the mood was right and the moon
cleared the sky for night

your mouth pushed out words that
stated you wouldn't want the same
but your eyes hinted that you
would consider the game
if just for one night