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.
