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∴

it’s possible that relationships
are not as complicated
as all that.

 

sometimes you talk
and your words
are falling foreign objects
to the ear

and you go
like a scolding bird,
unheard.

 

sometimes you laugh
at unfunny things
and alienate the doer of the deed.

and you go
like an ass
hee hawing
and blind.

 

sometimes you’re homesick
for a place you’ve never been
and are sobered to know
you cannot travel there,
together.

and you go
like a deflated balloon,
caught on a branch
and confused.

 

sometimes you know
this is all okay,
and you’d rather those things
than no things at all,

 

and you go
holding each other
to ride out this time
with whatever grip
you can find.

∴

 

 

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