Painfully Pretending

And true you kissed me But the subtle vibrations of your chattering teeth behind your malleable lips gave you away You had a fear deeper than the hidden agenda that tomorrow brings Your fear was me I spewed and contorted and fizzed with  Everything you didn't and don't know While you watched in awed bewilderment At the spectacle worth good money. And I pretended painfully that I had not a clue Of your mortified existence or of your oddities I pulled hares from glistening velvet hats  While you anxiously grasped for dust bunnies that vanished. And yet, you unravelled my loose ends while gluing yours together