if i can find a fifth and call it my

own i shall name it after the

one who stole my heart—namely

you and i shall try my best to

drive you away as i have

(succesfully) thrice before.

you may say that my math does

not balance and i am missing one

and i must warn you i am counting

as my third the one who rightly

belongs as third not in numerical

sequence but in inevitablity

and in her relation to the first two

the two w ho taught me everything

i now know and she logically fits as the

the third though i have said that i consumated

no such arrangement with her

the betrothed to one john marshall

as for the fourth it only seems likely

that she will have her chance quite a

bit before you though i am much

more interested in catching a piece

of your felt-tipped wonderment and

overall sense of self-assurance

it is only her proximity to me which

ensures an early arrival and

preemptive strike. she is nothing

to your beauty and nothing which

i cannot have a thousand times over.