it wasnt often he deferredhe
acquiesced
it wasnt that his way was the
only way
anyones way was their way
he stepped back away
he did not solicithe did not offer his considered
thoughts
and at times that was difficult
because who he didnt counsel was
himself
being thoughtless or impatience
wasnt who he was so that when he confronted himself Shaddup I dont wanna hear it
abruptly he cloistered himself
he thought Youre on your own Dont
come cryin to me
which did nothing more than
infuriate his second or third or whatever incarnation he was
he would be privy to his thoughts
since he was he
outside himself he heard Whats
gotten into him
what hadnt gotten into him he was an open door an unclasped
unscreened windowhe wanted to hear their arguments however he had to insist an argument was a
statement not an argument
he simply offered a mirror
often people didnt like mirror he
held up for them to look at themselves
people ordinarily look into
mirrors to enhancepreen themselves
though his wont was clean
fresh-scrubbed visages not dolled-up to
appeal to othersnot masks or subversion
Tell it like it is!
Raw
Concise
which is where all things ought to begin
1247, Sunday,
28 5. 17
