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Apology

I'm sorry I called you a pompous conservative,

and I'm sorry I'm not.

 

I'm sorry my focus is not on your intellectually cultured

examples of real life moments -

your 1988 Mercury Tracer taking its last gulp

of oxygen,

how nothing pans out to be,

your narrow expectations of others.

 

I'm sorry I don't fit in that canister.  

 

I'm sorry that others do not gravitate to

your beck and call.

your call is imperious.

 

I'm sorry my integrity flows in me,

rather than outwards.

I've never been one to exhibit my prizes.

 

(I'll just write about your buzzing blurbs

and your pick up sticks that amount to

your arrogance and pride.)

 

I'm sorry I'm a target

and my voice box turns into knots

when I turn the volume up.

 

I'm sorry that when I find nerves and pulses,

my body wants to notify you that you are

a *****

 

I am sorry that I didn't.

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Written by
danielle-jones
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Published
Mar 10, 2012
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Copyright Danielle Jones 2012

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