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Disintegrating

from The Kennedy Suite by Scott Garbe

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Disintegrating
In glazed eyes and red stains
I'm thinking this has to be
The biggest case of “I told you so”
I know I'm being petty
But when Nellie turned and said,
“Can't say Dallas doesn't love you…”
I almost laughed before you put your hand on my knee
To stop me,
Please stop me
Like I couldn't stop you
From disintegrating
The young woman you waved to
For that moment I hated you
I imagined you dead and that I was finally free
And that's when it happened
‘Did I will it to happen?'
Was all I was thinking as I
Held your head in my hands
This is a tight sleeve,
The fucking engines of this plane are shrill
My lips are bloodless
Please, stop me
Please, stop me
Like I couldn't stop you
From disintegrating
The face of that young aid
Glancing back over LBJ's shoulder
I heard him say, “I've got a sure-fire way to win a second term
Put a hit out on his wife
The sympathy vote would be a landslide”?
You weren't really thinking that, were you?
Did you?
Were they killing you?
Or were they just missing me?
And if you were in my place
Would you be…Disintegrating?

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from The Kennedy Suite, released May 28, 2018

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Toronto-based English and Drama teacher. Lover of cats and stringent advocate for empathy.

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