i don't want to go to san diego because
i find it boring and
i think sea world
is a prison camp for orcas and
i lost my tan and
if its gray and rainy in san diego
what happens but
my best friend is there now
at a really lovely airbnb with
a comfy guest bedroom with
a kitchenette with
a microwave for me to do my hot compresses so
all the ducks are in a row and
i have the time to go and
the train to san diego stops near my house
i could walk there and
i could watch the bluffs of orange county
slide and crumble into the pacific from
my seat on the train but
i'd rather stay home
or do something else because
my best friend's mother-in-law lives nextdoor to his airbnb and
she has an ss tattoo on her face which
i hate and
which i hate also because
it almost ruined my best friendship but
actually made us closer through conflict but
the one time i met my best friend's mother-in-law
she asked me to play her music which
i love to do but
makes me nervous because
i care so much and
i don't want to disappoint my father but
he wasn't there and
she asked me to play originals rather than covers which
i didn't feel safe to do given
her associations with hatred and so
i'd rather just avoid the whole city altogether
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ReplyDeleteYou don’t have to go Jordan! And it is special when you play music for people! Not sure this is how I’m supposed to respond to poems :)
ReplyDeleteoh !! what a beautiful study in doubt and obligation.
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