We all have pieces shaped like yours,
and if you cry, cry into a cocktail of
all tears. Don't talk about misery;
Misery is commonplace. Crowds applaud
at a smile and carefree dance, because
it takes a great patch job for anyone
over the age of 7 to keep rolling. People
will want to know you -- you can introduce
them to your mechanic. (And maybe
he's beautiful.) Heartbreaks are easy,
and they birth the most universal
Poetry: everyone reads and recalls
their love lost, once-upon-a-time, as if
it was the only joy that ever cried.
Everyone's broken down after they've
been driven hard enough.
You realize that,
If your heartbreak was unique, poetry
Would mean nothing to you. So read this:
You broke your own heart. All of our
hearts break because we let them