It was a restless and sleepless night for Leslie Ann
As visions of a captivating man stirred in her head.
She imaged it wouldn’t be difficult to rein him in;
If she played the ingénue, he’d chase her instead.

With iPhone in hand, she looked at all the pictures,
She’d taken of him as he strode around the campus.
She thought of myriad ways to get him in her bed,
Without raising eyebrows, or causing a major fuss.


The next day she made several discreet inquiries
about the handsome professor on the second floor.
She didn’t realize there were so many others
Scheming to get inside the professor’s lab door.

The competition made Leslie Ann more determined
to win his affection over all the moon-eyed stunners.
The following week, she planned, and she plotted,
Finally deciding she rather liked the Bunsen burners.

If the truth was told, Leslie Ann hated life sciences,
but in the pursuit of love, this was a price she’d pay.
Many eyes crossed over when she entered the lab
Sat up front and crossed her long legs in a special way.

Leslie Ann believed chemistry couldn’t be too difficult.
She knew she could ace it as she’d done in other classes.
But six weeks into the course and many sleepless nights
Wonders of wonders, she thought she might need glasses.

Sometimes when alone, it upset her, she had no real friends
Other than Thomas, her assigned chemistry lab mate.
Thomas grew to love her, and he ignored her greedy ways;
In the midst of molecular structures, he asked for a date.

Leslie Ann was annoyed and had no feelings for Thomas
It bothered her little; she took from him all she could learn.
He knew she was using him and could not seem to fathom
His need for her, and rationality, he could no longer discern.

Nothing was going according to Leslie Ann’s meticulous plans
Jonathan discussed her grades, but ignored her ample charm.
This caused her to work harder than she’d ever worked before
To learn his inner convictions, to determine how she’d disarm.

She spent hours contriving tactics and places they could meet;
His aloofness aroused a desire to be his only need, all his life.
She longed to be the object of his great smile, to be his everything.
She faced her greatest challenge; she’d have to depose his wife.