I buy stuff from them a lot

and  

they know me by name

I haven’t asked for theirs.

They’re not particularly beautiful 

but they know me

which is more than I can say about

most women.

I purchase poetry

and they probably think I’m

that kind of guy

maybe I am.

What is a person that read poetry?

let alone one who writes it?

Two bookstore chicks

they think they know me

I order stuff they don’t have

I only read the rarest of tomes

you see

like a true artist, eh?

Two bookstore chicks

Do I want them?

No

Do they want me?

I dunno

probably not

A chat doesn’t hurt

just to dispel

my ego.