Tuesday, August 20, 2024

dunce June 3, 2012

 




I’m deep in it now, 

knowing that to be 

near her is an unhealthy situation,

yet like a slightly wayward bee,

 I’m drawn deeper into it, 

seeking something from her

 I’m not entitled to, 

cannot resist, 

accepting the role she assigns to me, 

 like a foolish school kid

 sitting in the corner 

with my dunce cap on,

 aching over something 

already expired,

 stirring dead coals 

with the hope of reigniting fire, 

while she clicks her heals 

wishing for “no place like home,” 

all too aware of how easily

 she can replace any of us, 

this line of hovering bumble bees 

aching for her honey

(or pollen or whatever 

it is that churn up our hormones 

and makes us act out our stupidity

 which we try so desperately to hide, 

we unable to survive

 – as U2 once sang –

 with our without her,

 how we left this happened

( or did we fit a profile, 

reacting as expected,

 even if she is terrified

by what it is let loose?)


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