Please
don’t seek, I’m forgiving him
a diseased elation, she’ll say it’s
sinister…proof of my nature..
Please
don’t seek, I’m raising him
elected episodes, she’ll
say his only value…out cold—
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Please
don’t tell, I’m writing her
a love poem, she’ll say it’s all
I did, ever…really want to do..
Please
don’t tell, I’m cheating her
off my interiority, she’ll say
I would be better…cleaning off a shelf;
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Please
don’t yell, I’m leaving them
over to Bellevue, she’ll say some
betrayal…the good never there..
–
Please
don’t say, we are both
spiritual death…she’ll speak
how it early arrives…its easy, insular decor…
Please
don’t say • our measure won’t be
compromised, she’ll infer, insisting a
lingering…demeaning, personal touch—
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Please
don’t honor, an extra-legal
reversion…only a lobby, quoth all:
“speculative, uncertain”…
Please
don’t honor, the mattress unearthed
is sheer • is unplucked..she’ll say we were
handmaking a dismantling, little else—
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Please
don’t remind, home-life story
unrolled…she’ll say off, zero..
merit…then, and irreducibly then…
Please
don’t unmind, complicated they’re
leftover at the pantry…I’ll say he couldn’t
hunger…take it, entrapment by spite—
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Please
don’t continue, the weariness has
ceased like a maze, she’ll say
badmouthing helps, as with congestion.
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Please
don’t happen…over, when you
have heirs, and don’t linger • sad songs
sing unresponsive…your skill even less…
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Please
don’t bother, a gift banters along,
oblivious… she’ll say it doesn’t pay off,
the bank often shut…
Please
don’t bother, I’m working to
a living series, she’ll say I’m rarely sensitive…
the chase in the work, complete—