Wednesday, July 28, 2021

June 1989 - page 2

1.
the account was settled
months ago...  but we
still managed to make
deposits and withdrawals
with our emotional interest.

2.
our souls united, joined by
the sirit and the flesh until
that pledge is broken,
violated by the unnatural if
what we are is natural.

3.
she was impossible to deal with but
we made the attempt only to find
ourselves lost in a battle of too
little or just a little too much discipline.

4.
behind the ear at the base
of the skull it pushes in
as if its attempt was to
burst my head wide open.

5.
he say and she brought the tray
she asked if napkins he had gotten,
"no" was all he said and she
returned to the counter somewhat
pissed that he had not helped at all.

6.
he had her for the day so off
to Mickey D's they went...
over breakfast, questions about
her mother were asked when she
invited him over to see for himself.

7.
one in three including a break
a moment of bruth or pure fantasy
a routine seldom broken or intruded upon,
singularity:  a cowboy syndrom.

8.
they advertise each day
with the clohtes they wear,
always expecting a response
that would lead to nowhere.

9.
unexpectedly, water rose
in the tiny stream,
flooding their homes like
the humans from which
they unexpectedly fled.

10.
her memory lingered and he wondered
why it had been different with her...
she was no better than the rest of them
and their future had been short lived
because of all her roving options/


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