Hamilton Ship Poems

JeffMads

(Here's an idea: Jefferson is a clutz who can't handle embarrassing himself in front of girls.)

I can remember

I once embarrassed myself in front of a girl I felt I had taken a fancy to

I suffered a severe headache for the next two days

I thought it was normal

and I moved on

Whilst in France

I broke my wrist trying to impress a girl I felt I had taken a fancy to

I did not speak much of the account

and I moved on

I seemed to suffer a series

of tripping over myself trying to impress pretty girls

but I usually ended up with a severe migraine by the end of it

I thought it was normal

so I always moved on

When I tripped down the stairs after a cabinet meeting

where Hamilton's plan to assume state debt had driven me past migraines

and you laughed

I laughed, too

For the first time in my life

I laughed off my embarrassment

Madison,

You are the first person to teach me something

I never realized could be so important:

to laugh at myself

I thought I would be livid

but you gave me the break I needed so much

I suppose I never realized how much I needed that laugh-

how much I needed you-

until I tripped down the stairs after that cabinet meeting

and you laughed as my face smacked the ground