mirroring monkey
aping empathy
hides inside promises
that are all empty
perfunctory smile
fake performative
on display for show
in guest room you live
hard metallic truth
in poison candy
arranged on your plate
and served up for tea
Classic demise of
rainbow sprinkle hell
lead up garden path
discovered too late
the witches await
fairytale ending
without the happy
no ever after
lived happily
can't begin again
what is done is done
can't go back to Oz
But I can bypass
pit stops and false starts
quit Candyland game
playing assigned parts
find a new gameboard
or fresh place to play
without snakes and chutes
go another way
I shall call this route
of footprintless ways
not paved nor mapped
can't see if it strays
But there never was
a path through our wood
just stumble traipsing
as walks with Opi should
maram grass meander
down memory mile
chatting as we went
as time ceased awhile
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