one true thing

tonight, i needed
to discover
one true thing
about you;

i would have settled
for anything:
a phone call answered
as expected,
a random face, a name,

anything you
might have said
was yours
or of your life;

instead, the dust
of broken promises,
endless lies,
petty deceits
settles at your feet:

the now-indelible
residue
of every road
you've ever walked

or will yet travel
in your life...

LPK
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12.25.11 (a)(p)