When life gives you lemons
You usually fuck it up
And end up
Squirting the lemon juice in your eyes
And blinded
You accidentally walk into the street
You hear the horn
Seconds before impact
You lay in the middle of the street
With your leg bent backwards
And your eyes stinging like a sonofabitch
You can hear the ambulance coming for you
It echoes down the street
The lemon you had rolls up next to your head
You turn and just barely see the little yellow fruit
In anger
You take your fist
And smash it
More juice gets in your eye
You scream
And they swoop you up in the gurney
And speed down the street
Until a cat struts in front of it
And the ambulance driver swerves to avoid her
The ambulance flips in the air
And rolls down the street
Your arm breaks
Your head slams into something metal and hard
Opening up a massive gash
Right above your eye
Blood flows down your face
And you sit there
And smile
While looking at your broken leg, arm, ribs, fingers
Through the blood
You smile
And turn to one of the EMT’s
Who doesn’t look good
And say, “Hey, Pal! At least it’s not a broken heart!!”
He looks at you like you’re crazy
As you throw your head back and laugh hysterically
But then you stop suddenly
And remember Her
Your head falls into your hands
Life gave me Her and I fucked it all up, you think to yourself.
You curl up in a ball and pray
For your heart to stop feeling this way
It listens and stops pumping
You fade away.
CH 1/11/24
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