lesser of the two evils by George Turner

lesser of the two evils

by George Turner

it is a dangerously thin

line

that separates

love from mere friendship:

"me"

from "us;"

selfishness

from selflessness.

i

just wanted

you

to know that

i'm

almost but not quite ready

to make a

suicidekamakazi

leap,

(on the love side, of

course)

and it's killing

me

(the indecision, i

mean)

because the way i

figure,

Somebody's playing with a stacked deck...:

if

i jump, i

risk

losing myself,

if

i stay

i'll

lose you

so

i think i'll go with the lesser of the two evils:

i mean, being with you might kill me but what a way to go and like we've all got to go sometime,

eh?