(trouble)

The trouble with you
he said, is it
comes too easily.
The trouble
with you
he said
is you don’t
believe in tomorrow
and can’t remember
yesterday,
so that puts
too much pressure
on today.
The trouble with you
he said
is you keep going
in, when
it’s time
to go on.
The trouble with you
he said,
and though it
was always
a different he,
a doctor, a lover,
a friend
he always said
the trouble
with you ….”

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