Love presented meager;
small bills peeled
from thick rolls
rubber-band protected
the reticent benevolence,
gracious granting favor;
double-standard disapproval,
disciplinary withholding
a short attention span
consistent, predictable;
disregard for
genetic, familial
cause for provocation;
our frenetic dance of
perseverance and sabotage
totemic behavior
vested more in self than other;
the return on investment,
coffers rich with fear
:hrr 081609
