Things

Things that are important ~

are only realized when

things become important.

Then they line up one behind 

the other in seniority,

automatically!

They tell us, not the other

way around.

Many just fall some of the

way away, while others

fall all the way away,

Because those were only

those fancy shiny things we 

had pinned to the lapels of 

our fancy jacket of pride and 

pretense.

Never our bare truth

Or self-respect.