September 19th in College Algebra

He did that thing with the button on his shirt again today.

It was purple.

Mind perplexed by his magnetic aura,

That smiling coy mouth moved, but my thoughts went astray.

Even the darling freckled frat boy next to me went

Adrift into time and space;

And he stared into these eyes

Oh, those piecing brown eyes

I understood the assumptive look on his face.

Disoriented, perplexed, and satisfied, that flirtatious moving mouth

Paused for but a moment;

Furtive words returned masked inviting and tantalizing

Some thought registered, and he withdrew to his means.

An inquiring expression left a mark in my mind today

His eyes are so brown.

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