April 18, 2022

I Do

 I promise to let you go … the first to be asked to leave is the last to know … the best jokes everyone you know has heard … the punchline of me with every word


I promise you to be the only one … the stories you tell weigh on me like a ton … unflattering description of those who … subscribe to the services they all knew


believe to be true … what’s been sent is now past due … giving you away … the night dust settles for less by day


I promise to be … at your command with your word guarantee … all privilege and right … waived out the window just to kiss you good night


all my adult life and part of my childhood … designed by those who wish upon me no good … the brace of control … held up to the light for all to behold


kiss today goodbye … time for me to die


To Mary about Los Gatos


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