Boys can go with boys.
And girls with girls.
Different colored people
With different religions
Can go together.
Tall women can go
With short Master’s Degrees
In Greek literature.
Suave old men
With two or three divorces
Can go with teenagers.
Curvy blondes
With empty heads
Can go with well-known thinkers.
There are no mothers around complaining
that this isn’t a good match.
There are no fathers walking back and forth saying
is this why I sent you to Goucher.
There are no Aunt Eleanors calling up your parents
to warn them before it’s too late.
It is lovely to live in a place where
The only time folks think you’re strange
Is if you go with an orthopedic surgeon.