i_am_not_the_fine_man_you_take_me_for
raze he said,
"i am not the man you take me for.
never will be again.
never was before.
i am not the man you take me for."

she said,
"i am not the woman you adore.
someone other woman came
and left me broken and unmoored,
same place i was broken twice before."

he said,
"i was thinking about shit that rhymes
and how it's justified.
you strip the beauty from the language,
force the words to nullify
whatever spartan beauty
they might have once possessed,
and then i guess you hope
whoever's listening can fill in the rest."

she said,
"none of this concerns me in the least.
all i really care about
is trying to find a friend.
the kind who doesn't speak
if ever spoken to.
the kind of friend you can't repair
with masking tape or paper clips.
and there's no way
i've found that friend in you."

he said,
"i am guilty as i have been charged."
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