You're just impossible these days, did you know that? You can try to deny it and I can try to mask my anger, but we both know better. I believe I saw you pay a man $20 once to look my way so you didn't have to. You're the brother who went away to college and didn't ever phone or write or visit. Except you're not in Ohio or Michigan or Alaska. You're right here, right in front of me. Still you refuse to acknowledge this tear you've been so very careful to rip in me so that I wouldn't notice until your fingers weren't busying themselves with it.

I believe it's a nest you've built yourself, and how clever you were to do so. I've made sure to furnish it fully for you. You can see the gauzy flesh creeping its way over to try and cover what we've now together created, but quickly it is torn away like so many layers before it.

We're both looking a bit window washed, don't you agree? Look here, someone forgot to rinse you and the soap's getting in your eyes. Such poor care they take of us creatures. Mind the bucket dear, that you don't tip it over. I don't like to do much bending these days.

I would tell you to hurry along, but it looks like faithfully, predictably, you've already done so. Take note, your nest and I are sleeping in the same place we have been, just waiting. So when you're ready, you're welcome back. Always and always are you welcome and wished back.

Although they can't seem to make it 10 yards from their cage without becoming broken, bent, and all around worn out, they made good of what they were trying to be from what they really were. See, well, see. That's a funny choice of a word. Because really, it's all they can do. But you know, maybe...I guess that's alright. They don't have to commatize your phrases with their own, well... they can't, actually. But speaking from a humans point of view, we should learn to be more like them. Or I should, rather.

Could you say that slower, please? Maybe...with less words?
You're overwhelming me, and I can't really hear in this ear right now so,
hey. HEY! Stop. Inexplicably you've moved me to tears. you're not
supposed to have that kind of power. I was supposed to have
forgotten about you. You're still talking? No wonder.
Just, your timing is worse than ever you know! Seas
when there should be drought and not a drop when
we've all but died. It feels finished now.