five 2X4s
he felt anxious violated when
he saw five upright 2X4s in his backyard
he went to take a leak and
looking out the bathroom window into his yard he saw them at
the apricot tree beneath limbs that laboured under its fruit
he rented his placehe paid to borrow he always paid to borrow
Owning Owing wasnt his thing
he didnt want the responsibilitythe obligation
and frankly he could never
afford the benchmarkthe exorbitant down payment to acquire a thirty-year
mortgage talk
about entitlement
Thirty Years
Thirty Years
it seemed audacious to him that he dare assume
hed be alive in thirty years he imagined
someone marrying committing for thirty-years Thirty-years of For
better or for worse For richer or for
poorer In sickness and in health
one would have to be out of their mindtheir freaking mind that they wouldnt slip or be slipped for a myriad of reasons
ah sweet L O V E
L O V E
L O V E is a four-letter word for
S E X dig
four-lettered wordsyah
Nevermind he wandered high
an wide of his point
his rented acquisition his apricot tree Their apricot tree
there had been a fence between him and his backyard
neighbour but it went down months ago during winter winds
he understood his neighbour was
helpful he could have stabbed the 2X4s in the ground rather than his landlords but who needs a helpful neighbour Really at
least not until the Zombie Apocalypse maybe he didnt know
maybe his neighbor took pity on the apricot decided to intervene without him
intervene interventions
he wasnt one to intervene No
he didnt seek to benefit whose benefit? an
apricot or a human being
if one hadnt or refused their druthers who was he to step into their coursetheir life and imposedemand that they accept his perceptions of them their lives
an apricot is easy
although why would a tree grow an abundance
of fruit that would tear a limb off
it didnt strike him as probable
he imagined it a being in a natural
habitat growing according to its whims or way
he preferred wild things feral
he was disinclined to cull or push
his way demand its perception be his
likewise he conferred the same on human beings
if he wanted to live his life on his terms why would he think someone else didnt aspire in kind
if he wanted to live his life on his terms why would he think someone else didnt aspire in kind
They don’t know any better!
Are
they retards
Arent they entitled
to live their lives without manipulation without interference
How many junkies died a spike still in their arm or leg after interventions after being coerced
of course he also didnt want to see anyone on the street jackedup heldup strungup on 2X4s artificial means of Xtension the artificial means of bullying
every time he went to the bathroom to relieve himself he burdened himself
the 2X4s were coming down
if the limb survived the fruit
in the Fall
when the tree went dormant hed prune it
but not until it had survived its
stress
he had hoped the Stress wouldnt be too much
although
after all
an
apricot is a plant
plants dont exhibit intelligence
like do-gooders
who prefer their righteousness over anothers right to self
morning, Thursday,
27 6. 19
