my terse tense

i am terse
when i insert
myself into her ... words.

intense,
not incensed:
nor will my tense-
ness ever dispense
the need for verb-al defense.

to be terse --
is to be cer-
tifiably cursed.
one sparks the interest
but fails to sustain the words.

i am with her, now, lost
and happy, to be tossed
about, aimless -- no moss.
don't want to know the cost,
(the price of being lost)
so help me be my most!

help me, be ... lost-er.
(is there such a word?)
no matter! i still have all my lustre.
just like a smokin' lobster,
that burns red in hot water.