last night I drove by your house
softly crying
feeling like an ugly little brown mouse
in a trap
painfully dying
how morbid to think such a horrific thought
you would likely say
but you do not know the extent of rejection
besides your own I experienced earlier in the day
such grand feelings of love's sweet loss lynch me
in their absolute dismay
so I back myself into the nearest corner
to keep from having to further this too cruel of a
game by pretending to play....................
(written Jan 7,1992 pm)