Dinner Date

Is this the right way to eat this?
Do I have food on my face, or is it in my teeth?
Have I been chewing this bite for too long?
She's been chewing that bite for a while
Maybe I don't chew enough in general
Did I put my napkin in my lap yet?
Should I? Has she? Maybe I should wait
Until she does it before I do?
What if I do, but she never does it?
Is this not the type of a restaurant
Where you unfold the napkin in your lap?
Did she notice I ate around the food I don't like?
Should I finish my whole plate even if I-
I don't really like it, so that I don't seem all that wasteful?
Is finishing the whole plate distasteful, like gluttony?
Did I place my order correctly? Did I talk to the server politely?
Did I smile too much, where it might seem like
I’m being flirtatious or creepy?
How am I supposed to have a good time?

I’d like to resume the conversation, but
I have to finish this bite quickly
I don't want to talk with my mouth full
Maybe I should just resume talking
Like as I'm kind of finishing the bite, so that it's not that gross
But so that I can keep the conversation from lulling
What if I spit a piece of food talking?
Did I really just put my elbows up on the table just for a second?
Wait… she put her elbows on the table for a second

(Am I breathing too hard? Am I blinking too much?)

Does this give me the permission to put my elbows up on the table?
Wait, I don't even think it's comfortable to put my elbows up on the table
Why do I even care? Is it okay to just rest my wrists there
On the table occasionally, or are my arms supposed to stay totally off the table?
Maybe I should just watch her
But what if she exhibits bad manners?
Then I won't learn anything from her
Maybe I should watch other people
I don’t think we have a chance
If I can’t calculate this in advance
Cause I hate this miserable song and dance
Maybe we should see other people