Kind Of Like Spitting

Young Fiction Writer

Kind Of Like Spitting


Save face and leave, before 
she gets mean. You know how to act, you scripted the 
scene. This film's more a 
short, a monologue of sorts. 
Whatever invalidates the mind 
reading smile. Now ask 
yourself quietly, (you're a bright breathing funeral) 
Was it worth all the agony? Your last fairy tale. A string of 
stealth encounters, making 
sex under the table. Perfect 
simple positions like the 
truth you've learned to bend. 
Now ask yourself quietly, you 
get worked over nightly by 
the brutal reality of your 
last fairy tale. Young 
fiction writer, you tried to 
live inside her. Depending on paper to save you in the end. 
Now ask yourself quietly feel 
free to answer honestly. It's 
OK you're alone now, was it 
worth one less friend?