some days I look like Elvis

in reflection

or Jim Carrey

which is embarrassing

outside

sun slams the lawn

stark on worn sides

where it’s faded

and died

what if I had stepped away

from this life

when you asked me

that day

after we

oh

I don’t speak about

these things

in polite company

it’s just not

Presley

 

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