all the ducks in a row
By delapruch
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the first move made was the worst move
played---making like the sky had parted &
somebody was watching over, somebody
was lighting a candle for the struggle, as if
it was over by a long shot---for getting things
back in order was the name of the game &
keeping a steady job impressed her &
getting a decent apartment impressed her &
staying out of trouble for the time being,
it all impressed her & oh the things that a
horny man will do, imagine if that horny man
falls in love---so as it happened the time
went by & she too began to fall for him, as
she began to believe that he had changed &
that all the time that had passed, really had
passed, as now it seemed that he had begun
to walk the proverbial straight & narrow---
yes, the two of them started to have a
scheduled time to sit & eat dinner & they
had “appropriate holiday get-togethers” in
which they met each other’s family & ne’er
was a mention of the years before, in fact
the past seemed as if it had all been a bad
dream & so the two of them began to make
plans together, now that they both had picked
each other up individually---now pooling their
ideas, they saw a big ceremony in the future,
they saw a honeymoon to trump all honeymoons
& for a split second, the two of them swore
that real happiness wasn’t that far off---
all their ducks, it seemed, were finally in a
row---
but then the old habits that take so very long to die,
roll back inward & things once unsavory begin to
look tantalizing again---ah yes, what could
be done with such a vast amount of moola & all
it would take to get it is a little teensy weensy
bending of the law (in fact it’d be so very teensy
weensy that you know, nobody would even
notice) & the street would always be there
welcoming one of its own back with open arms,
so deep in his heart, he knew that if in fact she
did have a problem with what was going to go down,
there would be another that could take her place---
she didn’t see things as crystal clear as he & when
she found out about the coming adventure, she
bolted like any good upstanding citizen would do
when they see or hear about a possible crime ensuing,
yes, she was a good little girl & took her separate ways
prior to the shit going down---
the ducks were no longer making their way as a family
one by one through the park anymore---
the line had been broken.
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