Of all the people I've blown
lines with, I can honestly say
you are easily the loudest,
but, as much as I can see
our worlds coalescing in flow diagrams
with boxes and triangles and circles and
color coded keys
while our lives diverged,
it is a thing I can overlook
for the beauty of its yarn ball complex simplicity
because a cat with nothing to play with
is a throw pillow
that shits
and if I have to grit my teeth a little some nights
for the pleasure of being a little more than I am,
I will call you a friend
and run up our score on a sacrifice line drive.
