The after party doldrums take hold somewhere around four AM.
There is a question mark engraved on your glistening forehead.
I could employ many trite adjectives to describe your well-rehearsed performances but is that fair?
You have so many expectations to live down.
The entire future is waiting outside the door and it is completely indifferent to easy smiles and soft bribes.
I think of your oft-used slogan: “Things will always work out with time.”
“One way or another,” I hesitate to add.
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Kevin M. Hibshman has had his poetry, prose, reviews and collages published around the world. He has edited his own poetry journal, FEARLESS, for the past thirty years. He has authored sixteen chapbooks, including Incessant Shining (2011, Alternating Current Press). His latest books: Cease To Destroy, Just Another Small Town Story and The Mirror Masks Nothing, a co-authored book with John Patrick Robbins published by Whiskey City Press, are now available on AMAZON.