Keeping It Real

When was it that men agreed to respect the appearance and not the reality? - Thoreau

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to pay for their next high

the young female addicts in my building try to seduce me

staring into their eyes

i bend down and sigh

kissing them on the forehead

before i turn and walk away

baggage without wheels is heavy

stacked high in a beat up old chevy

along with all that a person can feel

keeping it real

Author's Note

"When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality. I have a great deal of company in my house; especially in the morning, when nobody calls." - Thoreau