.

I wanted not to go, necessarily,

went

warily, without a

care

 

drunk

 

 

next to a

scottish rhododendron, whispered, give me back

my heart

 

wondered where it went without blame or fault.

 

(in this life

I think the worst,

consequence then comes as diminished surprise

 

to only pay half, or nothing of

what you thought

 

owed

 

weakness the willingness, the offer to pay anything, to be

taken off the hook