the crafty ones use every
experience as paint for portraits
of beauty or the human condition
for example
they would take a visit
to the ER with a locked jaw
as an opportunity to explore
speechlessness or when trying
to speak, the world of unformed words
open-mouthed, tongue wagging
and drool dripping or what really
wants to be said by wild eyes and
shivers at midnight from a hospital bed
maybe to show our vulnerability
to the unpredictable the desire
to be understood the ways
in which we run from pain
or even the actions of that
desperate need – to be loved
but no not me
I think some memories should be dragged away
and buried forever
and no I don’t want to go out for lunch
and chew on how I came to that conclusion
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