cake & eat it

na.

bored with the

relationship s/he’s in

but not wanting to leave

the positive aspects,

thinking s/he’s too old to

start again &

been there before anyway---

with a pattern s/he knows

all too well

looming just over the horizon,

s/he takes the plunge,

not looking before s/he leaps &

not wanting to think about

the significant other

who may be at home

wondering, waiting &

wanting to get to the bottom of

the change in

habits (all that are noticeable &

s/he thinks they aren’t),

the change in his/her look

(clearly prepping for somebody

else & the audience at home

ain’t buyin’ that its them),

the change in the craving for

attention from the one s/he lives

with &

of course, the list goes on---

s/he starts to look outside the

cell, refusing to leave on her/his

own,

desiring &

desiring &

burning up

inside with

sheer want, until

s/he comes across

someone that s/he cannot have,

someone who says s/he’s got to

choose between the stability of

boredom at home or

a new trip, entirely,

someone who reveals the obvious in

plain English---

“cannot have your cake & eat it

too.”