my mother used to quote Bill Cosby to me.
she'd say "i brought you into this world,
i can take you out of it,
and i can make another one just like you."

i'd laugh at her, because the probability of her creating another me,
is impossible.

but now i see, this saying isn't meant for this world,
it's meant for another. it can be applied to many other situations.

i see the same look in your eyes, i can read your face,
the same way i thought about this when i heard it.
you don't believe me.
you didn't believe me when i said it.

silly boy, the joke is on you.

did you really think that you were going to take this from me?
that you would turn an empire i was in before you against me?
that these people we've come to know and love together,
that we've shared moments, good and bad, with,
would take sides at a drop of a hat?
especially yours?
you'd expect that of them?

you really thought you could run away with them?
all of them.
and leave me in the dust alone.
that you could turn them all into liars and still manage to have an army.

well guess what Sugar, it only takes one.
one leads to another
which leads to another and another and another.

and none of them really give a damn.

11/30/2009

Author's Note: i'm the Jerry Maguire of this world, i've already told you that, and i know who's coming with me.

Posted on 11/30/2009
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