1948
Don’t close the door
but say Goodnight
Before you shut
me from your sight.
I cannot hint
to have a kiss
But I’d reply
if you’d insist.
Perhaps you think
it wrong somehow
For me to be
here with you now.
Your work kept you
from going tonight.
Now homeward bound
I saw your light.
And could not pass
your house and so
Found an excuse
to say “Hello!”
But now the seconds
speed till I
Now see it’s time
to say “Goodbye”.
And through your door
I nobly step.
Though you have failed
to catch on yet.
The story can
not end like this.
And that is why
I stole a kiss.
your girl.