Had he seen the psychiatrist then,
nine years and six children ago,
the doctor would have said,
“Never mind whether you
should marry the girl.
That’s not the question.
Go home, go to bed.
Come see me
next Tuesday at ten.
We’ll begin to unbraid you.”
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Look so pretty you
no sound floats
out of my mouth
as I sit silent now
staring through you
boring in
wondering
what it is that
does this
to me now
and every time
I see you still
just out walking
talking
laughing with him
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Willy’s old.
Still a con man
but bewildered now.
Spent his life
screwing people,
rich and poor alike.
Never discriminated.
Made millions
he tucked away
in stocks and bonds
and foreign banks.
A few gold bars
under the mattress
for emergencies.
He’s dying now,
a shrill curse
his final gasp.
No plea for mercy.
One might think
death would be
a con man’s finest hour,
a last chance to cut
the biggest deal.
But Willy loves Sinatra.
He’s proud as hell
he’s done it
his way.
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There is bearded me
and skeptic me
and nonchalant me
usually, these all
come out in winter
like a bear
warmer climates
bring reflective me
and shaven me
and in-between me
autumn brings solemn
academic me
reading me
bookish chin-rubbing me.
You told us about the crimson
slicker, a tear in your eye
how I wanted to jump back in time, scream to them,
get her the red coat
she wants so much, don’t
you know this is the one
person who means so much
to me.
Sickly sweet
the swirl of today’s news
sitting on my empty
stomach. Syrupy
on my lips and on
the roof of my mouth.
An ideal that when tasted
does not blend so well,
overstaying its welcome.
Sucked through a straw,
then spat back out,
better left roadside alone.
Sorry to say, regretfully,
I am not the man I thought
I was, and neither (can I say) do you probably
think I am.
The bio is all wrong; sent
from the wrong file,
written with what seemed
(now does not seem)
a witty intent, scribbled
days or years ago when
all seemed to make sense.
Now the words do not line
up, I am not sure what I
meant, and (worst of all) I
never intended harm (but
then maybe the words are
as innocuous as I believed
them one day to be).
Sincerely,
or Respectfully.