Quote I Love You Unquote - Eleanor McEvoy

Correct procedure at a wedding

Is for you to say 'I do'

But you don’t

And if you asked me to marry you

You know I’d say 'I will'

So you won’t

I know you’re not too keen

On such conventional expressions

But if you could string the words along

You could make the perfect sentence

Quote I love you unquote

(Three little words you never wrote)

Quote I love you unquote

(Words so small, sharp, and stick in your throat)

Conspicuously absent from your note

Quote I love you unquote

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That’s all you wrote

Tradition at a smart occasion

Is to beg me for a dance

But not you

I’ve grown accustomed to attention

But you don’t spare a glance

You look through

I know you find the subject

Unfit for conversation

But if you join the syllables

You could make the perfect statement

Quote I love you unquote

(Three little words you never wrote)

Quote I love you unquote

(Words so small, sharp, and stick in your throat)

Conspicuously absent from your note

Quote I love you unquote

Quote best wishes unquote

Full stop close brackets

That’s all you wrote

Correct prodecure on the phone

Is to beg me be your own

But you don’t

And if you asked me to marry you

You know I’d say 'I will'

So you won’t

I know my constant overtures

May seem a touch obsessive

But if you can type the characters

You could make the perfect message

Quote I love you unquote

(Three little words you never wrote)

Quote I love you unquote

(Words so small, sharp, and stick in your throat)

Conspicuously absent from your note

Quote I love you unquote

Quote best wishes unquote

Full stop close brackets

That’s all you wrote

Quote best wishes unquote

Quote best wishes unquote

That’s all you wrote

That’s all you wrote

That’s all you wrote

That’s all you wrote