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skonen_bladesYou say, “Clothes are important because it’s always good to be able to take something off.”
I say, “Your decisions affect me.”
Divided by elements, one might conclude. You’re on the boat. I’m on the shore. You live there. I live here. The boat can come in and visit but it’s of no use on dry land and I can’t tread water for too long.
Or we could go further. You’re a fish and I’m an earthworm. Both of us down in the dark, completely at home in our surroundings.
But worms are put on hooks to catch fish so maybe let’s not go there.
If you’re a prairie picnic in the summer, then I’m a hospital hallway.
You are independent and clear as hope in an orphanage. All colours look good on you.
If I reach for you, you are there. It’s when I can’t reach for you that I need you most.
Turning your fears into a conversation is one of the surest ways to cure them.
Letting my feelings collapse into definition is one of the surest ways to negate them.
You are velvet awards, dimly lit business lunches, plaid coats and smokey restaurants. Hotels built like race tracks and beautiful elevators.
I am hamburgers at midnight, website reptiles, flipper logic, and rain on heritage-home windows. An unlabeled chart on a dusty shelf.
Wedding presents might as well be paper clips in my hands. Baby shoes turn into old hats right in front of my eyes.
The problems of all relationships are ours. Let’s keep going.
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I say, “Your decisions affect me.”
Divided by elements, one might conclude. You’re on the boat. I’m on the shore. You live there. I live here. The boat can come in and visit but it’s of no use on dry land and I can’t tread water for too long.
Or we could go further. You’re a fish and I’m an earthworm. Both of us down in the dark, completely at home in our surroundings.
But worms are put on hooks to catch fish so maybe let’s not go there.
If you’re a prairie picnic in the summer, then I’m a hospital hallway.
You are independent and clear as hope in an orphanage. All colours look good on you.
If I reach for you, you are there. It’s when I can’t reach for you that I need you most.
Turning your fears into a conversation is one of the surest ways to cure them.
Letting my feelings collapse into definition is one of the surest ways to negate them.
You are velvet awards, dimly lit business lunches, plaid coats and smokey restaurants. Hotels built like race tracks and beautiful elevators.
I am hamburgers at midnight, website reptiles, flipper logic, and rain on heritage-home windows. An unlabeled chart on a dusty shelf.
Wedding presents might as well be paper clips in my hands. Baby shoes turn into old hats right in front of my eyes.
The problems of all relationships are ours. Let’s keep going.
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