Lovers Name Game Poem by Faith Elizabeth Brigham

yes, i remember
that game we used to play
a kind of mental foreplay
we started with a simple phrase
the kind of words that
lovers say
to indicate their
lovestruck state
nicknames all the same
taking turns until
we ran out of
creative love coos

ah, i recall the
fun of making up
what might very well be
the longest term
of endearment ever...
you, sweetie-pie, lambykins,
sugar-baby, darlin', honey-bunch, cutesy-wootsy, lovey dovey, heart-throb, honey babe,
sweetie-deety, kissy face,
hotsy-totsy, sweetheart,
baby doll, shmookems,
YOU!