History repeated

NO
AN ACTUAL BUSINESS
w/ what we
already do for fun,
she said to me
w/ pale glass glimmering
in her eyes

I said
do what you want, but
on the day I go
don’t stutter over the reality

but what came to pass

she drug it thru the mud
for years
& tried to sully
every external association I had
for her to survive
on me,
when I was barely surviving
to begin w/