Perplexing Situation, 1975

The doctor wanted to
 do word associations,
  so like a fool I said
   all right, Doc, go ahead.


Boy                    Girl
Man                   Woman
Black                 White
       and so it went
        until he got to
Love
        and I couldn't think
         of what to say.  Maybe
          if I said Hate, then
           he could move on, but no.


Love
        maybe it should be my
         love that I met every
          day at a quarter past
           two in the park, but no.


Love
        I didn't know what to
         say, since there had been
          no love in the world since
           1953 or thereabouts, but no.


Love                        No