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Let me tell you about the future
there will be day after day after day
until you die
your grandpa and grandma will go first
or so is the usual way
and they will hurt the shit out of you
like you can’t ever believe they will
but this is still the hors d’oeuvre you see
for later on it will be an aunt or
an uncle that you loved with the fullness
of a kid’s blessed heart
and then perhaps their only son
and maybe a former classmate for good measure
who’ll take the lead and go
leaving you feeling the loop tightening
around your windpipe, your stomach.
And then it comes for your throat
mother
father
best friend ever
sister
brother
lover.
Consider yourself so very lucky if it spares your kids
for now.
The last one, my friend, is always you
and it’s the one you don’t feel
don’t resent
don’t foresee
it is freedom.
Welcome to my world, I was expecting you
you see
just grab a chair by the fire and
tell me all about it
I’m all heart.