The frog we saw near a beautiful flower.
I tell you it’s too late for anything
but you seem very nonchalant about our dilemma’s solution,
both players must shoot off one of their legs so they can’t chase
the hare, you say, as if legs are just words to throw around in a game.Think only how clean and cauterizing, this solution,
the only fair solution to the dating dilemma being
voluntary, mutual self-mutilation.
You look happy for once.
We go from Rousseau's story to playing a game
where winning involves accepting a known loss.
Read the rest online for free in Issue 5 of Brickplight.