mercilessly canceling out
the robust effort of
one-thousand stomach crunches
& obtuse, stupid decorations;

stiff belly muscles,
practicing ;

one-thousand drink-heavy sobs
pouring out a glass of beer and dropping it promptly
to the floor,
outmatched;

one-thousand pleading, idiot gestures

one-thousand rehearsals of shame

a thousand variations of the same refusal,

& the humiliating memory of
crying hotly all the way home, tearing up yr picture into
eight cardboard-thick strips and promptly dropping them all
to the pavement,
outmatched,

broke.

04/22/2011

Posted on 05/15/2011
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