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'Emptiness Abound'

if that were even possible

the costume of first rank stupidity

I wore for so very long

concerning you

I loved you so deeply once

sure

but I know its likely

ego's pride now

that got so painfully burnt

you mishandled me

made a mock

of my tender heart

and played field goal

with my love

for want of wisdom

on your part

you claim

your love was held

in its own sort of truth

I'm not sure I can believe that

now

but I want to be able to

look back

some day and say sure

yeah

he loved me at some

point in all that

in a place in his own

heart far apart

from all the mess

he made of everything

I believed worthy

good and true

I took a chance

I rolled the dice

had a good run even

at that crap

table of life

but in the end

I got snake eyes

and you

the house

in this game

took back everything

leaving me grinning stupidly

thinking I had still won

when in fact

I was likely always

empty handed

the whole entire time

in my three years of

careful tender investment

in us

it all got gobbled up

in just a matter of hours

tonight

and you the loser,

won..............................

(Dec.17, 2009 539am)