—SOMETIMES LOVE IS NOT 100% AND IT’S AN 80-20 SPLIT

 

David Copperfield  /  I’m Confused 

 

Where is 

your 

rusty shiv  

garrote 

machete  

axe  

hacksaw 

pickaxe  

brass knuckles 

crowbar  

woodchipper  

switchblade  

rip cord 

ice pick  

cocked pistol  

drop cloth  

and zip ties? 

Are you  

holding them  

behind your  

back (ha!) 

or stuffed up  

inside your  

70’s balloon  

sleeve ala  

David Copperfield? 

After all,  

I’m right here,  

bird chested  

and all 

breastplate splayed 

wide open 

nothing more than  

a stick of 

drift wood  

really 

nudging up against 

the shore for a hug,  

for a little bit more,  

but getting  

sudden and  

certain death instead 

because that’s  

what love  

and friendship  

does in the end  

when it was  

never there  

in the first place.