Pretenses

Relationship Fixins (Incomplete List):

1. Communication

2. Compatibility

3. A fantastic and fitting first kiss.

Perhaps we were on a budget.

Perhaps someone pressed “abort,”

But we came up short.

We speak in unheard compliments

Followed by radio silence,

and how can anyone ever know

Someone who's so far away,

In every way?

We were doomed from the start;

Neither one of us was ever false,

But we kissed under different pretenses.

You were looking to write a novel,

and I a couple of sentences.