Before you know me well

Before you know me well
I should tell you that
I'm the kind of person
who for months stood by a plan
to move to Argentina

because I really liked a pear I ate
that had an Argentina sticker on it.

And maybe also
how for years I wanted to be
a marine biologist
and now I don't really know why.

And how just about everything I've done
that I've been proud of,
I did because someone I loved
told me it was a good idea.

Maybe I'd tell you over coffee
how I sometimes try to give up coffee,
but I'm never quite interested enough.
(I write this, as I sip my coffee.)

I think before you know me well
you should know me better,
so you can know better, if that's good-
but anyway, maybe you know best.