Sunk Costs

1.

The tarot cards simply tell me what I already know.

   to explain everything. All at once.

heroic comfort. I wanted the analogy

I wanted redundancy enough that I could not fail. I wanted

   not to have it.

not to. Breathe. I wanted the possible. I invent reasons

I turn is afraid to breathe and afraid

I don't know what to do. Everywhere

   palpable. In other words

is possibly true. The impetus, not pathos but something else

is false. The investment

   The analogy

2.

The analogy,

to explain everything. All at once.

is false. The investment

heroic comfort. I wanted the analogy—

is possibly true. The impetus, not pathos but something else

I wanted redundancy enough that I could not fail. I wanted

palpable. In other words

not to have it.

I don't know what to do. Everywhere

not to. Breathe. I wanted the possible. I invent reasons

I turn is afraid to breathe and afraid

The tarot cards simply tell me what I already know.

3.

The analogy

   is false. The investment

is possibly true. The impetus, not pathos but something else

   palpable. In other words

I don't know what to do. Everywhere

   I turn is afraid to breathe and afraid

not to. Breathe. I wanted the possible. I invent reasons

   not to have it.

I wanted redundancy enough that I could not fail. I wanted

   heroic comfort. I wanted the analogy

to explain everything. All at once.

The tarot cards simply tell me what I already know.

Famous by Thursday

  or,

            In my other life I've never even heard of this song you keep humming under your breath

We were all born into your dream, humming. Four women

sit around a table with one short man. Of course

we talk about height. Oops. We agree to raise our fists in the air whenever

there is an exclamation point.

(!)  Of course

he drinks most of the mediocre wine and I wait until he's gone

to bring out the good whisky. Blended, not single malt. I don't think he could taste the difference then

just this morning I read that zinc deficiency, a concern for vegetarians, can cause loss of taste.

He and I are both vegetarians. I wonder if there's a way to bring this up

tactfully. Unlike how we stumbled onto height and he...

for all the wrong reasons... But listen

do what you like say no even but

you must never admit to having not been in love.