On Falling Stars and Estate Sales
 

Life revolves around the persieds
and anonymous dead ancestors.
I collect their relics at estate sales
drink from the cup of the dead ancestor
relive lives as I re-read their books.
I have no life but that which came before me.
I'm thinking of buying the spittoon (needs cleaning)
to analyze their dna and diet.
They ate vienna sausage and saltines.
Dare I follow them unto the portal of silence.
No I will view the Persieds and speak their thoughts
drink from their cup, but no,
I dare not eat the Vienna Sausage

"easy does it" is a slogan from AA.
It can be usefully applied to relationships.
We want each relationship
to be a fresh path into the unknown.
Because the known paths have led to disaster.
We are uncomfortable with the familiar.
Do we take romance or love?
WHichever, we take it today.
Tomorrow we are talking of
vienna sausages, the stars
alien invasions to retrieve the
spittoons and bones of ancestors.
Love itself is an alien thing.
Perhaps we can enlist the UN or the INS
We can feed them the case of Vienna sausage
I bought  at the estate sale
of anonymous ancestors one day,
 as something to do,
in lieu of falling in love.