Some days/

I run into myself/

Like  a character in the old cartoons/

bang into the wall of me/

my stuff is impenetrable/

and I bounce off of it/

unable to budge or break through/

lately I see it happening/

feel the familiar bruising/

say to myself this is what you do darling/

you eat yourself alive/

you work too hard and eat your liver/

knowing that like some mythic/

small god of fire/

you will burn and brood/

and get up to go at the wall/

all over again/

tomorrow/

lately I see myself strafing myself/

just learning/

I gentle the day/

wherever I can/

I tell the truth as serenely as possible/

chuckle without shame/

silly silly girl/

feeling the long brushstrokes/

down the hair of yesteryear/

darling girl/

life is always/

always/

a gentle inside job

 

Somewhere/
beyond tears/
abides the not weeping prophet/
strategic/
contemplating/
the use of whatever means necessary/
to promote love/
not fear

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