Play for Today
by grimbeau

Sit down & pull up a fence…
Okay—rain check Day
Two day break from all of it
(Football, Brexit, gardening…)
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Question!
(Serious question eyebrow)
Yeah
(assumes if I must face
clears throat & utters)
Where is all this going to?
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Shit! I though as much
And…
I dunno
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Light another cigarette
Pause
(one last wish before the plunge)
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Hunger?
For what?
snap quick–gobsmack
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Think fast blurt it out
No rashers – Danish
Diversionary tactics
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Just leave me alone
Long pause – dead air waves
O My God!
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O My Giddy Aunt
Things can never be the same again
Not even the weather?
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No – Not even the weather
Shit!
Time passes
Time slowly passes
Can I go now?
Sit down – have a donut
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But I…
Sit down – have a friggin’ donut!
Thanks