R.M. Dolin, December 14, 2024
The tragedy of Sunday is the
sudden way subtleties of life
we successfully ignore
seep to the fore
too strong to be overlooked.
That's how we're wired.
I see in you
the reflection I want to see in me
while avoiding all those realities
making you
someone who should have been
but can never be.
From the R. M. Dolin novel, “An Unsustainable Life.” After a grueling shift at the bar, Issac ponders if he can or should sustain his relationship with Gabriella. He’s drinking morning coffee while looking past his isolated kitchen window to the distant Jemez Mountains not yet woke to the realization, his “value proposition,” is evolving in ways that cause him to challenge the world he’s tepidly stepping into, as well as the one he’s reluctantly leaving behind.
