One Use Only

The one good thing about disappointment

is that it always happens at the end.

It’s the fantasy that walked into a wall,

a promise that goes lame,

the new railroad,

tracks running from the north and

from the south

that don’t quite meet.

Grace Kelly, when she opened her

mouth and sounded stupid,

Marilyn when she opened hers and

broke your heart.

At the ball

At the punch bowl

At the line of coke

At the zoo.

What’s good about disappointment is that it’s

never a surprise.

You kind of hear it coming

even before the fun sets in.

cause you’ve done this all before.

The real deal though--

it never disappoints.

The wave that knocked you on your ass

raked your face and filled your mouth

clouded your vision and showed you fish,

all for the first time,

means that the next one is bound to disappoint.