He’ll be pleased if I phone to ask him how he is. <br />It will make me look considerate and he likes considerate people. <br /> <br />He’ll be reassured to see that I haven’t lost interest, <br />Which might make him happy and then I’ll have done him a favour. <br /> <br />If I phone him right now I’ll get to speak to him sooner <br />Than I will if I sit around waiting for him to phone me. <br /> <br />He might not want to phone me from work in case someone hears <br />And begins (or continues) to suspect that there’s something <br />Between us. <br /> <br />If I want to and don’t, aren’t I being a bit immature? <br />We’re both adults. Does it matter, with adults, who makes the <br />First move? <br /> <br />But there’s always the chance he’ll back off if I come on too strong. <br />The less keen I appear, the more keen he’s likely to be, <br /> <br />And I phoned him twice on Thursday and once on Friday. <br />He must therefore be fully aware that it’s his turn, not mine. <br /> <br />If I make it too easy for him, he’ll assume I’m too easy, <br />While if I make no effort, that leaves him with more of a challenge. <br /> <br />I should demonstrate that I have a sense of proportion. <br />His work must come first for a while and I shouldn’t’ mind waiting. <br /> <br />For all I know he could have gone off me already <br />And if I don’t phone I can always say, later, that I went off him first.<br /><br />Sophie Hannah<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-pros-and-cons/
