surely really anyway true in poetry

and I mean
really
how can you KNOW
you wouldn't like making out with me if you haven't tried it
for... 20 or 30 minutes?
YOU CAN'T KNOW
YOU CAN'T KNOW
MAYBE I'M AN ACQUIRED TASTE
LIKE BOURBON
OR VEGEMITE
OR BABYLON FIVE
OR BABYLON FIVE BRAND BOURBON VEGEMITE?
YOU DON'T KNOW
YOU DON'T KNOW
UNLESS YOU
TRY it

and I mean
anyway
we should all be able to know
who all the people who'd be interested in dating us
and then
they should have to debate each other
it could be like a reality thing
it could be like a game show
hands on your buzzers please
here is an answer about my emotional needs
chime in to provide the question
stroke my ego along with the mention
and tell me I'm handsome
lie to me
lie to me just because you don't wanna be lonely
tell me I'm handsome
and keep telling me
if you wanna win the debate

and I mean
surely
there's ten thousand somebodies for everybody
if you could know everyone in the world
and surely
there's a place
where the James Dean fucks get laughed at
for thinking they're deep
and there's two girls
for every nerd
and surely
love at first sight is crock of shit
that's the one thing that I have learned
lust at first sight is a thing
but love, over months and the years
is something precious and hard earned
in the trenches of this bitter life
together

and surely
really
anyway
true
searching with an honest heart
is all a woman or a man can do
you don't love someone
because they're the most beautiful
here's what's true
the initial attraction can even be mild
if it carries you through
to knowing each other
well enough to love

and I'm waiting for that next chance
I'm waiting for that next dance
third time's the charm