dumb and happy in addressing the public

i was dumb while with you
that i know for sure.

never happier, unabashedly cheesy
i told you that you had something in your eyes that sparkled.

i was not too cool for anything,
and we made out on every bench in the city.

maybe i became the person i wanted to be–
carefree,
blindly romantic,
dumb,
dumb,
dumb.

i was smart when i left you
but it didn’t make me happy.