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Bend or break-
they prefer
to bearing.

If it's not one way
it's another;
they'll argue about ways
because that's their way.

Seems a threat sings
louder than a promise.

No?

Then wait 'till
you're sweating bullets;
they'll warn you
not to jump the gun...

...so you can all dream
(without struggling burden,
without wakeful bitterness)
of things like morals and gold.

Gold never rusts, sure
but it tarnishes, it corrodes
from perspiring "could-have-been"s,
staining the skin with a smudgy

"I told you so."

Careful not to
let the gold do the talking;
it'll sparkle under spotlights
while you melt, all wax and spiels.

Statements sell easy,
but nothing told ever
matters unless it's
done.