A poem that is mostly imagination mixed with a little real life.
YOU KNOW THIS IS FOR YOU
When they broke up
she claimed the bass
provided proof in ledgers
their love reduced
to columns of figures
her profit
his loss
The separation hit him
somewhere deeper than the deepest not
he had ever played on that bass
he started to scatter photographs
across their common social media
an illusion of success
only his eyes told the truth
and then you had to look to see
post break up I meet her again
note the bass on the stage
but do not ask
we’ve all been there
played on both sides
It is from my fourth collection, All Yesterday's Tomorrows. I think it works. What do you think?
Here's Spirit with Give a Life, Take a Life.
Until next time.
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