acid flashback
what did you ever do for me
you
made me hyper-aware of all eight corners of the room at the same time
took every one of my senses to new levels of electro-magnetic connection
[especially my fingertips and especially my eyes and especially my ears and especially my nasal receptors and especially my taste buds]
you
rembrandt-etched indelible mordant into my metal-plate mind
told me that ambition is a false god and i took you at your word
taught me that the best part of the journey is the coasting stretched-out calm-euphoria
of the gentling return
frightened me with sudden ignition of matches and with your shrewd exchange rate for
faustian barter
[a treasure chest of control surrendered for a pandora-box of experience]
you
showed me just what light is capable of and just what darkness trades in
poured so much good and bad deep into me and all over me that i still don’t know which
was which
i have no regrets about our relationship and no regrets about our breaking up
i have no desire to hold you again
your legacy of memories is rich enough
each one with voice recognition
face recognition
fingerprint recognition
hardwire-softwared in
so what did you ever do for me
you made yourself inevitable
permanent
choicelessly lovable
ted eames, 2022