Love Is a Hum

I’m real nervous, but it sure is fun!

I had to trade my guitar for a bed.
Love is a hum.

Ready to swill rum,
I’m in such a state of dread—
I’m real nervous, but it sure is fun!

It’s a big thrill, but it’s kind of a bum
rap too, me with my feet of lead,
feeling the hum

of love in my veins,
recalling times I pled
for deliverance from this merciless fun—

all my thoughts focussed on the one
I love, my precious newlywed,
hearing the hum

of their voice, their soft kiss burning
my lips—NOT like a beast unfed.
I’m real nervous, but it sure is fun!
Love is a hum.