It's true, though, I reserve the right
to hate them and to tell you
you've done everything wrong:
because you have
We have all done everything wrong
marriage, heresy, dilution
we have all at times done nothing
but the mean thing is real
One slips and screams
I mean this
I demand real, this is not too much to ask
I demand
A gesture toward liking is not the same
as attraction: get it all
over with nonetheless
and apologize in the next breath
Apologize again,
but keep meaning
Procreation, presumption is wrong
whether it is
or is not true (and so)
There the devil stands on his head
in a big fucking pool of ice
There the devil recites a list of his 'interests'
and composes a guest list on the back
of a clean paper napkin
He wipes his mouth absently on another
and leaves it lying around because someone else—
Apologize again,
but keep running
We all like to be distracted
these brief connections, more of the same i.e.
the Respondent respectfully
responds to the Petitioner’s motion?
No, it's true, I reserve the right
not to invite you, in the end
