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the croak knew all along

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he liked to listen to opera in
Speedos, attempted to model his
singing off bjork's and dreamed about
blowing up spaceships.

she liked to listen to punk rock
while rehearsing lines for
Shakespeare and dreamed of robbing
a Swiss bank for street cred.

they met by accident at the French-
Canadian circus; he asked her
if love in space was the same as love
under water, and she said only dolphins

know. the world ceased being their
playground, wasting days staring
into each other's irises, forgetting
how to breathe each time.

he called her his African swan
and she called him the queer
beast who stole her heart.
their dreams took a backseat

with "the-now" pulling them along
by the collar. they both had dreams
of falling every night til the wedding
day and spoke none of their fears.

twenty-five years of button up
shirt meetings, typical news reel
footage and following the great
American TV drama found them

sprawled out on floors asking,
this life, this life. now what? this
life.
a bullfrog hopped on their window,
croaked, and they both sighed, said,

oh. is that all? the bullfrog croaked again.
oh, that's all. that’s all.
~the emptiness was still there, dreams pushed aside for nothing~

Live your dream, please.
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poisonedrose's avatar
I like the little details you add in.