nothing like going to bed and
seeing beside where youll lay someone who isnt there
and knowing exactly how they were
pushed out
you could have copped to being
lesser than who you were and still have them
but having them at the cost of
yourself?
some chose to weight out the
prospect
he didnt think that many did
too absorbed unobjective
too much they might say in their
defense
too involved in the moment and
scarcely time to think
though when there is scarcely
time to think thats the ideal time to do so
-- a hustle is predicated on the bull
rush the blitz – going in one should always have a modicum of detachment to vouchsafe
themselves – theyre the only one wholl ever truly have their back
despite assurances (There: in the fine print)
others might contend that life is
really a matter of compromise
giving up
for what you get
as if it was a 50/50 proposition
that the knife they use is perfectly
honed and slices the whole exactly in half
Comon Lifes pretty sloppy It aint gonna lie there quietlike and not writhe
and wiggle and be cut perfectly no matter whose hand is doing the cutting
still it was nice to look at the bed and see her
hair splayed on the pillow her wonderful shape under the fresh-laundered sheet
standing at the foot of the bed he remembered
he didnt remember longingly
evening, Friday,
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