Love is a disease
it starts with a carrier
unaffected by the pathogen
it knowingly spreads
Love is extremely contagious
so much as a single look
is often enough to infect
The carrier finds a victim
unaware of the danger
as eyes meet, hearts palpitate
spreading the venom quicker
Pheromones flood logic centres
neurotoxins inducing insanity
the jade wasp walks its prey
towards the regrettably chill flicks of net
That compel roaches to walk off cliffs
carrying flowers and chocolates
seeking a rainbow bridge of hope
finding no more than pretty-coloured moisture
Nurturing parasitic demon babies that burst out of a scooped clean chest
a dine and dash leaving their guest
to pay the unsettled romance cheque
and the hotel room? left a wreck
Befouled by graffiti on room walls written
in what smells like Odin's urine
Roses come in more hues than red
Violets are violet not blue
There's more to romance than what's said
On some card conveying love to you