Exchange of attitude

i would like to exchange this item please

of course. let me check if we have what you want in stock.

okay.

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here it is. okay, i’ll just need your card to gets things underway.

okay.

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oh, you don’t need to put it in a bag, i brought one.

environmentalist? save the trees, eh?

no, i drove a car here. i just happen to have a bag with me. thank you.

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welp, have a good night.

you too.

Could just be

fault through people
exceed limits
contentment surrounds
possibility fuels
curiosity matures
it’s all a matter of perception.

Get a step ladder

ignorance shames intent
or lack there of.
effort exposed fault
redeemed in silence.
malignant generalizations
constructing walls.
invest in a step ladder.

I chose sorry

i’m sorry,
i really am.
please forgive
my ineptitude.
i could blame my parents,
but that would be just
passing the blame.
we are determined
to choose.

No, i can’t help.

hi.
hello.
can i help you?
i don’t think so, but let’s try.
well what seems to bother you?
everything.
you’re right, i can’t help.

Judging judgement

i judge, i can’t help it.
it helps me to define.
to believe others who
say they don’t judge,
makes me question
their discrimination?
if they truly don’t judge,
then how do they
form an opinion?
of course, judgement can
be implemented in
varying degrees, but to
say that one does not
judge is false.
what do you think?
i would argue judgement.

Object driving

there is a car
that squeaks at
right turns.
it turns left
in silence.
sent for repairs,
mechanics find
nothing.
the fearful driver
makes for the left
rather than the
right.

May i read your feelings?

i’ve not seen that face
in a long time.
it hasn’t changed,
not structurally at least,
but more so in a metaphysical sense.
the lightness of  your facial expression
speaks to the things you do not.
your eyes refute the words
spouted from your mechanical lips.
that’s okay though.
your feelings surpass
your explanations and
i wish one day,
they will become
synchronized.

The present out grows the past

time has passed.
it’s gone,
it really is gone.
no matter how
i try to reach,
this distance out
grows my fixation.
maybe one day
you’ll know what i mean.
until then,
keep looking forward.

Remember

remember when
we laughed?
remember when
we argued?
remember when
we cried?
remember when
we were?
remember when
we didn’t have to?
do you remember?
i remember this,
that i can’t forget
you.