Conscious Uncoupling
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Poetry notes:
8/29/2019
Telephone rings
Announcing your name
Caller ID pings
This is so insane
Selfish acts of subterfuge
Leaving us both confused
Despite the tightening noose
Calling you is what I choose-
I can’t let go
“Hi, how was your day?
What’s that you say?
Have I learned by now
How to play well with others?
What? No? I don't have to bother?”
(Your words stabbing like a shiv)
“You have your own life to live
You have your own love to give-
Just not to me”
Somber thoughts of divorce
Sucking all my vital force
This will be such a blow
To the people we know
As mute as a mime
Losing track of real time
Zombifying my day
Hunting for quick getaway-
But no such luck
What shall I do thus
~Telephone rings
If we fail to repair us?
~Announcing your name
Lament inevitable loss?
~Caller ID pings
Calculate incalculable cost?
~This is so insane
I’m a solid secular success
~Selfish acts of subterfuge
I’m a massive mental mess
~Leaving us both confused
At least the former pays the bills
~Despite the tightening noose
No use in crying when milk spills-
~Calling you is what I choose
What’s done is done
~I can’t let go
Copyright © Mark Toney | Year Posted 2019
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