I don’t have to wait
Just so I can call it fate
And find the perfect partner in you
There were other men I stared into 
In my years in the valley
And Sally
Announced my proclaimation
When I met you at the station
Where we had docked our phones
In our separate spheres of alones 
And I click high
Just so I can say goodbye 
To a scene I dressed for
And I may have called her a whore
In my mind 
Because she chose to find
All I had left behind
In the wilderness I face
Why should I care who you date
And it is an adjacent slur
And you don’t deserve her 
When you typify 
The way you lie
To yourself in the grass
I know it will not last 
But I wish you both well
From my vantage point in hell
Bitter and bubbling from the froth
Of all that I am not
Then John crosses my sightline
And I have to double take the time
I spent staring at you 
I think this guy will do 
The job you vacated 
And it was never stated
As such 
But he just loves so much 
He reminds me of something clear
And for a moment I forget you, dear