idiot

i can't resist
a smile.
a real smile.
not a fake
contrived
hollywood
extra white
(with tartar protection
and mint)
gleaming
ear-to-ear
look how happy i am
smile.
i'm talking about the smile you get
when you don't know that you're smiling until
it's too late.
the kind that only makes you smile more when
you realize
oh shit! i just smiled at her!
and then you're standing there
laughing at yourself
(and blushing a little)
smiling like an idiot
because you caught yourself smiling like an idiot
at someone who, now, happens to be smiling like an idiot too
(except, of course, she looks nothing like an idiot
because she looks gorgeous).

now would be the perfect time to say something charming
or at least clever (or at least my name).
but what can i say?
so there you are
and here i am:
a couple
of idiots
who can't
stop smiling.