By JD
Date: 2004 Dec 03
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Love and Existentialism

I know nothing of love
except that it's a far cry from the flowers
and the high-carb chocolates
that Dr. Atkins would shake his finger at
if he were still alive and
if I believed in crash diets.
Love's neither pretty nor sweet.

I know nothing of love
except that it will most definitely hurt
and most definitely twist your intestines
into knots so tight
that you'll be telling your co-workers
that you have insane diarrhea,
but in reality, you just need to cry in a bathroom stall.

I know nothing of love
except that if you don't fight for it
you'll wonder why you didn't lift a damn finger
or say a damn word
because if you had,
or if I had,
he, you, whoever, might have stayed.

I know nothing of love
except that it's choosing,
and I don't mean Sartre's crap about free will,
because I'm not an existentialist,
you know that.
But I freely chose myself instead of you.

I know nothing of love.
But I have felt it.
And maybe that's the point