Crocodile Tears

Photo by Maxim Hopman on Unsplash

And nothing was threatened but the very hands which hold the authoritative object unknown to an “about to lose oneself” first-timer.

A Freudian Slip.
Might cost half a life.
To double a man’s container.

“It’s better to burn out than to fade away”

But.
Nevermind, see you later/in the newspaper.

In the meantime, a crocodile tear convinced eyes whose nails scratched the mirror.