Monday, July 16, 2018
Gone One Morning
-James Baldwin had me in mind
when he said something like
You have to be pretty naive
about life to think you can get
through it clean.
-Well, things were working cleanly
indeed for you up to that horrendous
divorce!
-When I got filtered through law and
lawyers, Jack the Ripper looked
like a choirboy! The challenge then was
just to keep going, save a bit of face.
-Your darkest morning?
-Got up anyway...looked in the mirror…
face had gone...completely!
-Oh? And what’s this thing you’re
wearing around?
-This caricature? Children laugh!
Adults condescend with remarks
entirely bitter!
-Uh huh? Well, as long as your
wonderful Stelly presently adheres,
you'll have a life!
-She’s patiently preparing disaster.
Labels: bitter experience, divorce, naive, relationship, Saving Face
