Sir, please write kind words for me
pretty and flowering
like a garden in the spring
Don’t demystify the mystery
we all rely within
If seeing is believing
is blindness then a sin?

Sir, kindly fuss over me
attentive and eavesdropping
like a mother meddling
Don’t crucify the constructs
we’re all living in
If faith is so receiving
why does rejection win?

Win or lose
love or hate
support or berate
Purposely
arbitrarily
automatic or deliberate
To every side a story
to every action an RE:
Reality or fantasy
to every lie a history

Sir, please, write kind words for me
silly and ridiculous
full of jocularity
Don’t revive the revelry
we’re all dying for
If the answer is a question
what are you asking for?

For, against
loose or tense
obscure or apparent
Viciously
surreptitiously
timidly or daring
To every side a story
to every action an RE:
Triumphant or tragic -
“In Even Grief, Hilarity”