for anyone who has ever loved …deeply
for anyone who has ever loved… deeply
anyone who’s heart has ever ached
who’s been alone…
this is for you
for those souls who can knit
or do a proper one-arm push-up
anyone who has wrestled a live alligator
while on vacation in the alps…
this is for you absolutely no question
for the fantastically good-looking who know where I left my car keys
or saw me holding them at some point this week
or who was the previous owner of my 1998 toyota tercel but neglected to give me
the extra set of keys
when you sold the thing to me
…this humble exploration of human excellence
is
for
you
i had you in mind as I crafted it
you were close to my heart throughout ‘the process’
for those who called just to say I love you
after august 1, 1984
or that supernaturally brilliant someone who called fairly recently but then realized
you’d dialed the “wrong damn number” and quickly hung up just as I said,
“helloooo...” in a (perhaps) questionable british accent
and then called me back a minute later
and did it again
…this deeply profound, groundbreaking work is for you too
i thought of your particular genius as I wrote it
i have always loved you
- even when you went through that period we all pretend you didn’t where
everything we ever said was “totally, really stupid” or later “so bloody bourgeois…”
and then you fell over that purple ottoman
there really is no way around it
…by degrees the gentlest asinine expression
is yours
i surrender
you may have it
(for just $9.75!)
your soul is in each exquisite page
i left it at amazon.com…
you’re gonna need a credit card.
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