And
so it goes…
She sits around eating toothpicks and clothespins... who knows why… she
tells herself she is on a high fiber diet... and so it goes…
She will say good bye... you will say why... she will say because
I don’t want to see you anymore… you will say okay… walk
quietly out the door in tears… but thunder will come you will slam
the door jam screaming no… she will say yes… you will say no… she
will turn the other way… look at you with moans she will cry… you
will cry… and so it goes…
You dream… you hear a voice… you will both be removed to darkened
rooms… you hear nothing else besides your imagination… you reach
out to her… she reaches out to you… they tell you not to cry
as a grownup… you laugh tears at the memory… she reaches out
to you… you laugh tears at the memory… she reaches out to you… you
cannot find her fingers… she reaches out to you… she cries… you
do not forgive yourself for being blind… you dream you hear another
voice… go to her it says… she reaches out to you… you long
to hold her fingers… fingers you cannot find… you dream… she
reaches out to you… you scream… you wake up… you are not
dreaming… you cannot find her fingers… and so it goes…
Temptation exits at the next stop… you stay on in hopes of reaching
your destination before nightfall… stations come and go but the conductor
never calls yours by name… you pull the cord to stop the train… it
does not stop… it keeps going amassing mileage you wonder if you have
your frequent traveler card… you left it in your old shoes… you
cannot credit this mileage to anything… you sit down… you sit
down… you keep sitting down… the seats have been removed you
sit on the floor… you hear the whistle… perhaps it is your destination… it
is a concentration camp but you cannot concentrate… and so it goes…
You love her… she loves you… you cannot go back to old ways and
mend your ties to others… they float on the windscreen… you bat
them away with worn wipers… they scratch and smash like bugs… you
carry them everywhere… you are worn out… she is worn out… yet
you carry on… she loves you… you love her… she is winded
from the duress… gets headaches like the earth sports weeds… she
cannot get away from them… they follow her… she follows them… they… her
and her headaches are inseparable… you have no choice but to console
her… she wants to leave you… fuck it you say… fuck it she
says… her mouth is even worse than yours… there is nothing left
to fuck… and so it goes…
And so it goes…