Drew Pisarra

Footwork

Love is a thing that one chooses to do,
an action to counter one’s tendency
to hook up then break up and then make do 
with whatever ensues (like balls turned blue 
or the misstep of codependency).
Love is a thing that one chooses to do;
it’s you choosing Love, not Love choosing you,
a moving towards, not ascendency.
To hook up then break up and then make do 
is directional… and instructional, too.
Why not learn a new choreography?
Love is a thing that one chooses to do;
a pas de deus that requires one to
renounce one’s outdated philosophy:
to hook up then break up and then make do 
is a wearisome pattern in which you
and I stumble inevitably.
Love is a thing that one chooses to do:
Post hook up. Pre break up. Break through.

Drew Pisarra is the author of three poetry collections: Infinity Standing Up (Capturing Fire Press, 2019), Periodic Boyfriends (Capturing Fire Press, 2021), and Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems (Anxiety Press, 2024