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I want to forget yet I want to remember

and all at the same time

am I weird or merely disillusioned

and is this mask that I wear of

superior indifference  

a personal necessity

or a deeply troubled crime

in the arms of a stranger inference

the playing field becomes uncertain

the need to understand the reasons

out weighs the emptiness behind

all this hurtin'

forever shadowed is the heart

bestowed upon each deserving man

driven by impossibly high standards

coming from a wishy washy wanna be poet

these are grandiose words

outrageous is their demand

the role of absolute candor

is a difficult part to cast

in the scheme of separated truths

happiness often comes in dead last

we all must deal with any number of

mixed cues

along side the cluttered consequences

we must face

so scare me into some how loving you

and perhaps we both could come to win

this farcical race..................

(March 23, 1996)