Two Players

The game is keep away.

If we don’t keep some

For ourselves

We have nothing to lose.

A woman without secrets

Is a blind owl in a neck-brace.

A man without lies

Is a toothless tiger without a straw.

Shall we play

Hide and seek with truth

Which gives itself away

By its shadow?

We could jump rope

Or hop on scotch with one leg

Trying not to fall

First.

You threw the stone
pitched too high
we cannot hear ourselves
without breaking
something.



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