heart versus

the quick and easy, the shallow convenient lies - drizzle slaps/ sputters dims, goes dark, a vacant room how did it become so very cold? icy stares in the closet, accusingly, intent on pressing a point: it's always about you, it was an exchange, bought, sold, buyer's regret? come on now. really? robotic, mechanical, it's a job you remember what it means to plough, to dig, you have to. have to, must, got to no choice - not so very fond memories now rate me: the customers, the boss, the honcho dabbles with his handkerchief pretends to wipe a tear ... ... i feel, i care, i *talk talk talk* wait. a handshake, an agreement, sounds about right till the power shifts without the skin being anything more. it's like a riddle, it's like a morning sun suddenly gone dark the prancing dear jumps across the window pane, a rabbit makes a dart for a leaf, a dog eyes your feet and tries to tackle what it sees as a challenge, a child burst out laughing. what are you guys playing at? and the quest shifted, a town emerged with laid back dole eyed adults lazily humming songs, with burying seeds for the season, with hanging out after work, cooling off - getting real, just what normal humans do without being tied up by - have to, must, a detailed account of norms to be observed, calculative bets $0.00/mo pricing fades out - just a campfire glowing, branches stepped on, a breeze, a forest scent, here there is plenty to go around. and even if there is not, the testing, the trials, the combats, all led to a knowing, a face deeper than skin. a personality match, a sync in hobbies shared, a trust earned from hardship, a fable turned everyday events to something with meaning and an empty room becomes warm, a body without a heart finds life. now isn't that worth something?