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it would be easier to just be hopeless
searching for love in the
middle of a pandemic
it figures the woman of
my dreams would be on
the other side of the world
and no one is allowed to
travel
it would be easier to just be
hopeless and accepting such
a fate
easier is not a concept i was
ever allowed to even entertain
in my imagination
but reality reminds me my better
years are well behind me and no
woman is going to want to take
care of an old man as he fades
into oblivion
for the rest of your life
she had the legs
of an amazon queen
and her skin tasted
like some tropical
heaven you were
never allowed to
even dream about
the kind of woman
that was going to
truly fucking break
you and you were
excited about it
play your cards right
and you’ll have a story
for the rest of your life
and i do
the sex was amazing
but she was much more
interested in herself
than i could ever let
my ego know
she stole my heart
and a couple thousand
dollars
i can still taste her
twenty years later
i can still remember
sharing a cigarette on
the front porch, talking
about a future, kids,
a marriage
everything this lost soul
is clinging to life to have
take advantage of lost souls
emptiness
this endless circle of chaos
they told me to believe in
jesus and everything would
be fine
had me baptized so my grandmother
would see it before she died
i would like to believe my grandmother
would respect me more now that i know
it’s all bullshit
a means to control the feeble minded
and take advantage of lost souls
i’m at peace with a bottle of
something strong, coltrane playing in
the background as i kill a few more trees
with this drivel
J.J. Campbell (1976 – ?) is stuck in the suburbs, plotting his escape. He’s been widely published over the years, most recently at Synchronized Chaos, Horror Sleaze Trash, Cajun Mutt Press, The Beatnik Cowboy, and Jellyfish Whispers. You can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, Evil Delights.