S and ML

she texts you an
abbreviated message
that you don't
understand, but
you try really hard.
you get out
the scrabble board
and scatter
the letters all over
the table, duplicating
what she wrote,
you fix a drink,
staring at the mystery
of her words, half
words, one and two
letter short cuts
in the English language.
you get out the dictionary,
the thesaurus, but get
nowhere. it's
still a mystery.
is it because she's
a girl and you're
a boy, or are you just
dumb when it comes
to texting.