college boys are less than special

they’re nothing like the working class

a boy will leave you,

hurt and alone

a man will love you

and call you darling

boys laugh

men compliment yours

boys exhaust themselves

trying to be something they’re not

men know there’s no other way

to make ends meet

but love,

love, my dears,

is the most grownup feeling

one can possess.

and college boys,

they’d give you less.