BLITHERING

You have to believe me, I'm not a stupid guy.

Not a blithering idiot.

I can speak in complete sentences

and do not stare off into space

answer infrequently

spill things so often.

I am entertaining

intelligent

attractive (to some).

I am not as distracted as I seem around you.

You have to believe this.

It's just that you make me nervous

a little excitable

especially imperfect.

You do this to me.

But please

don't stop.

It's worth being distracted and dumb

and defective and dreadful

if I can only remain near you.