Jason Morphew

How to Handle Failure


She’ll lie there like a dishrag
if you caress her,
if you try to make her change.
She’ll blink
blank as days in your appointment book
if you try to talk her into leaving.
Grab her roughly.
Hold her very close.
Weep onto her shoulders and her hair
and say Without you
I would be alone
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