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Getting It Off My Chest
I say, "it's good to have
The boys here with me,
I don't think I could stand this alone."
You say, "I still don't see you interact with them
even though you're working from home"
Always with the shame,
blame, game
What did you do?
What did you say?
Would you rather
I didn't discuss my day?
Then surely in silence we will stay
For 27 years
I've endured your denigration
With relatively few rebukes
Of your character or disposition.
We're different people I understand
You're New York
I'm Californian
But damn!
Just a little compassion
Is all that I desire
Genuine affection
Perhaps a modicum of sympathy
I've had enough correction
I hope you now can clearly see
The boys here with me,
I don't think I could stand this alone."
You say, "I still don't see you interact with them
even though you're working from home"
Always with the shame,
blame, game
What did you do?
What did you say?
Would you rather
I didn't discuss my day?
Then surely in silence we will stay
For 27 years
I've endured your denigration
With relatively few rebukes
Of your character or disposition.
We're different people I understand
You're New York
I'm Californian
But damn!
Just a little compassion
Is all that I desire
Genuine affection
Perhaps a modicum of sympathy
I've had enough correction
I hope you now can clearly see
Published 12th Apr 2020
Author's Note
I've got this friend and this is about him and his spouse 😁 NaPo/GloMo/WriMo 2020 #11
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12th Apr 2020 4:16am
12th Apr 2020 4:27pm
12th Apr 2020 5:47pm
Dear Soledad, thank you so much. This one definitely flowed from the heat of the moment. As always, I appreciate your kind words of encouragement. Happy Easter!
12th Apr 2020 5:41pm
Oh my god, it felt like a fly in the room watching the breakdown of a relationship in so many years of making. You've captured it much too well that it left me with goosebumps GW.
12th Apr 2020 5:50pm
Wow, thank you dear Layla❣❣ I appreciate very much this comment and I am glad you had such a visceral reaction to my truly vulnerable words. Happy Easter!
14th Apr 2020 7:56am
think we'll be seeing a lot more of this in our circle of friends... odd how people just can't be cooped up together without it turning into a shit show.
really love this one, i feel a bit like that curtain twitching neighbour watching it all go down.
really love this one, i feel a bit like that curtain twitching neighbour watching it all go down.
