The Cooler Thing

She’ll try to choose to do
the cooler thing.
Pretend he didn’t bolt away
the other day as if he were
a feral and unloving cat.

Today she’ll conjure up
perspective on all that.
Pretend she’s got
a conscious witness
at the console in her middle

who possesses fitness
to assess without
a lot of twiddle –
no getting pissed
or lashing out.

Today she’ll underplay –
opt for dispassion:
see if she
can understand
one tiny bit of anything

without

strong

feeling.

No reeling tragicomic up’s and in's and down's and out’s.

She has her doubts.



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