Conversation III – Unmeant

‘I was just joking’
you said,
when my face fell
when my voice broke
when my heart slipped
away

‘Why do you take things so seriously?’
As if assuming that you speak
the truth is
a sin
a folly
a flaw.

‘Why can’t you relax?’
when I fear you are toying
with me.
Like a cat with its new plaything
Vicious playfulness
that will tire after the toy
is mangled.