Psymple Psychology

How may we tell of our love
Without seeming odd and Victorian?
Mention the moon up above
Coolly, for sentiment’s dated.
Name, as a passionless scientist mildly elated,
All the emotions that poets called burning and furious,
Proved by the modern neurologist only a curious
Synapse reaction.

Theories rule, and it’s best
To be thoroughly skeptic and doubting;
Give each emotion a test;
Proceed on a rational basis.
Still, when you’re taking a girl on an outing, your face is
Apt to be nearer her face than science endorses.
Moonlight is stronger than mind, and the primitive forces
Still have attraction!