goodbye doors, goodbye floors, down the walk-up, goodbye and driving away, to parents as we exit, really good times, this might be goodbye, dying and posting farewell notes on my Facebook wall, goodbye to the wife,
well, I need a few more minutes,
as well as transition, well, they’re going to like me too, well endowed, goodbye Rauan, seems right as well, meeting in this dumpy, well-known doughnut shop, this baby is not going to fare well,
hello surprised I remember your name,
hello briefly, hello keep walking, hello to the lady in the black hat, hello with blank stare, hello to the people, hello to the guy I don’t remember, hello and pretend, hello in a little kid’s voice,
hello Rauan,
comparing my life on Facebook to Rauan’s, watching it unfold on Facebook, the daily parade of death, meeting at a restaurant with the word “sperm” in the name, take a picture and post on Facebook, wonder if it was wrong to unfriend Rauan, commenting on terrifying photos, automatically posting links, posting the good news about my weight loss, I recognized his baby from Facebook, smoothing over a misunderstanding on Facebook, Rauan changed his profile picture, refriending friends, fewer friends, blocking apps from my feed stream, you can’t track someone on Facebook,
facing Rauan to the rifle,
bump on the face, red inflammation, painted strangely, the little girl’s face fades into the stained glass, dry and cracking, a Magician’s worn off face, Rauan is terrible for bringing a baby to a fight, keeping a beat by hitting Rauan’s face, hiding my face in a flower bouquet, hideous beads on my face, buckshot, choosing our new faces after the alien invasion,
Rauan brings a smiley face cookie, I bring an axe, we’re bound to cookies and other things, a heart-shaped cookie broken in three,
Rauan broken into thousands, stewing,
Rauan reanimated as a shape-shifting pirate, Rauan as a female police officier whose job is to make me feel safe, Rauan growing roots and hands, Rauan with a baby strapped to his back, Rauan in the virgin chamber, a seal, a mermaid, something with a flipper,
man always turns female,
in the beginning,
