Tagged: relationships

yesterday’s wrinkles

yesterday’s wrinkles
are today’s chores –
we share the load
to smooth out
the edges
twice as fast
.
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at the lake house, there

at the lake house, there
is always an unspoken
one-upmanship – folks

either avert each other’s
eyes or stare down fixedly
.
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with proper distance,

with proper distance,
the border stands out, you know
exactly when and

where to stop, appreciate
boundaries, be neighborly
.
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let’s stay in the no

let’s stay in the no
passing zone, wait years until we
grow up, then blossom
.
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perhaps when we add

perhaps when we add
up all of our privileges,
it makes sense that we

can spend an afternoon, aching
with an indefinable pain
.
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you said you want to

you said you want to
get caught, that marriage has turned
into a hostage

situation, so you leave the
doors open, drop ample hints
.
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i’m sorry that there

i’m sorry that there
is still more longing here than
comfortable, more

appetite than appropriate,
more false abstention than sense
.
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