"What Was On My Mind" 1973: poetry by Michael F. Nyiri

Electrified at first sight
My eyes went blinded by the light
My mouth had lectured me to say,
And Emma brightened up the day

She's not made up her mind
Usurping love that she may find
Evaluating all the time

Versus 'love' and 'like' she wonders
And in her love she blunders
None can change her attitude
Delivering another funny mood
Emma will write her letters
Reversing in her mind what they say
Preserving her view of supposition
Oppressing her world's slow decay
Over and over I loved her
Love has nothing to say...


NOTE: The first letters of all lines spell Emma Sue Vanderpool, the name of the subject of the poem.