Paul dropped his apology
in the grass under an apple tree.
He thought it easy to find
but it proved as difficult as a green contact lens.
He returned to Lori without the apology
and attempted to rewrite history.
Paul’s second versions of history
trespassed, left muddy footprints
all over Lori’s self-esteem
and further fractured their relationship.
Paul without Lori felt a brokenness
where an expectation of approaching perfection failed.
He crafted a new larger apology
that was really a Swiss Army Knife apology
with sixteen different tool shaped apologies
for both assembling and dismantling.
Paul stopped at Lori’s to give her
this red and stainless steel apology.
Lori examined the exploration-ready apology
opened the knife blade and sliced an apple.
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