compartmentalize
intellectualize
rationalize
clockwise
fall back
phantom nostalgia
rearview retrospect
with a nod
oh so subtle
barely perceptible
messenger chin tilt
to Our Lady of
shoulda woulda inertia
ONEWAY or another
explain it away
look the other way
put it away
put it down
put it back
put it on the back burner
pat on the back
congratulate
all the goods
all that good stuff
bright side blindness
oblivious optimism
half-fulling everything
wishfully wishy-washy
that’s ok
That’s OK you say
again and again
and again
It’s OK
it’s ok
until it’s not
fake it
til you break it
then it’s not OK
maybe we’ll leave come springtime
meanwhile, have another beer
–“Sunset Grill” Don Henley
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