the way of all (smart, laughing, faithful) flesh

consequentially

anger
worry
fear
fear
worry
anger

they amass
and through which
we fight
each other

wisdom is not on
that list
or smarts
or joy

strategy might be applied
in fighting
but there might be something wild
like laughter
first
to apply

maybe
laughing
the kind you know
that's
with each other

laughing
we might have a chance
to diffuse
remember what we like
and for which
we hope

maybe we’ll come back
to a phantom table
(I doubt with
most folk
there’s a real table
though maybe in
more formal occasions
or ‘round
the kitchen table
or card table
of the home
and maybe we were talking
there)

maybe we’ll talk some
more
having risked some humor that
turns out
to be shared

then anger
or fear
the starting points
might mean the end
as well
with
wildest of all
the faith we might have in each other
restored
maybe the end
yet
without doubt
the new beginning

c l couch


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