Monday, June 24, 2024

LET ME KNOW

Remember that old riddle 
of Mick Jones 
and Joe Strummer—

should I stay, or 
should I go? 

Well, when I looked right 
in your eyes 

and posed it, imagine 
my bewildered 
surprise 

upon seeing my own 
reflected back at me 
in your whites 

as you carefully, 
charitably ruined me 
with the answer: 

Has no one 
ever told you? 
Don't you know? 

Our lives are not 
storylines; you 
can do both.