About you

When you are afraid,
everybody rushes to clench your fists,
and bate your nervous breath.

When you are staid,
they weep to decorate the furrow
on your delectable brow.

When you are political,
they draw chalk circles, and fight
amongst themselves to demarcate you isms.

When you are typical,
they laugh loud and long at
Version 25 of Joke 1.

When you try to dance,
they hold your feet, and put a tap
in the toes of everyone you meet.

When you romance,
they put the scarlet in the wine, and whisper
with you, ‘you are mine’.

When you breathe your last,
they will light a stick of lavender incense,
and vow to never discuss you in the past tense.