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Never Ever Satisfied

SHE SAID COME DOWN AND SING FOR ME I HAVEN'T HEARD YOU PLAY IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU ANYWAY AND CAN YOU MAKE IT SOON SHE SAID AND GAVE ME HER BEST SMILE AND I CAN FIX SOME SUPPER BABY, IF YOU CAN PLAY AWHILE YES I CAN FIX US SUPPER BABY AND YOU CAN STAY AWHILE I BOUGHT SOME WINE AND HAAGEN DAZ AND ROLLED A KILLER J THEN TAXIED TO HER CONDO AND ASKED HOW WAS HER DAY SHE SAID SHE'D BEEN MISTREATED AND TERRIBLY ABUSED AND MEN COULD NOT BE TRUSTED AND HOW SHE'D BEEN MISUSED AND NOW THAT DRUGS AND MONEY HELPED HER GET ALONG PERHAPS SHE'D BY MY PATRON IF I PUT HER IN A SONG BUT WHAT SHE REALLY NEEDED WAS SIMPLY TO BELONG I SAID I NEED THE PRACTICE SINCE I'M LOOKING FOR A PLACE THAT CAN USE A LONE GUITARIST BUT A FROWN CONQUERED HER FACE SHE SOFTLY SAID DON'T BOTHER IF ITS PRACTICE THAT YOU DO CAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR A LOVER AND I HOPED IT MIGHT BE YOU YES, I'M LOOKING FOR A LOVER BABY, PLEASE LET IT BE YOU NAPOLEON WAS SILENT AS I STARED INTO HIS FLAME IN AN ORANGE COLORED CANDLE THAT SEEMED TO MELT HIS NAME I WAS PART OF HER COLLECTION OF MODERN WORKS OF ART THAT COLLECTS DUST LIKE A MAGNET TILL THE COLORS FALL APART WHY DO WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR MORE IN SPITE OF WHAT WE GET INSTEAD OF BEING GRATEFUL WHEN THE PIECES ALMOST FIT SHE DRAINED A GLASS OF CHARDONAY AND LED ME TO HER BED LIKE A DECOY PADDLING SILENTLY THROUGH PAGES BEING READ ANOTHER ROOM TO WANDER IN, BLIND LEADING THE BLIND IMPROBABLE TO DUPLICATE, IMPOSSIBLE TO MIND NEVER EVER SATISFIED, ETERNAL WRINKLED BROW WANTING WHERE AND WHEN WHILE WE HAVE THE HERE AND NOW I DIDN'T SING FOR SUPPER THERE, THE MUSES STAYED AWAY TILL SUPERLATIVE EXHANGES OVER COFFEE THE NEXT DAY WE READ EACH OTHER'S HOROSCOPES AND TRIED TO REALLY FEEL OUR COMIC SECTION DRAMA WAS SOMETHING MORE THAN REAL NEVER EVER SATISFIED, ETERNAL WRINKLED BROW WANTING WHERE AND WHEN WHILE WE HAVE THE HERE AND NOW NOW I'M BACK IN MY APARTMENT, FEET UP ON A CHAIR STRUMMING MY GUITAR, GLAD THAT SHE'S NOT HERE ALWAYS WANTING MORE INSPITE OF WHAT I GET INSTEAD OF BEING GRATEFUL WHEN THE PIECES ALMOST FIT NEVER EVER SATISFIED, ETERNAL WRINKLED BROW WANTING WHERE AND WHEN WHILE I'VE GOT THE HERE AND NOW WANTING WERE AND WHEN WHILE I'VE GOT THE HERE AND NOW

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Date: 2/21/2019 12:28:00 AM
You have described a fallacy of humans. "WHY DO WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR MORE IN SPITE OF WHAT WE GET INSTEAD OF BEING GRATEFUL WHEN THE PIECES ALMOST FIT" Why indeed?
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