eternal return
maybe Nietzsche
was right
someday,
when they pull
the shades in the
rest-home in Hialeah
…when you are 97 years old,
you’ll open your eyes…
…and there you’ll be
…back
in Hibbing, Minnesota
and it will
ALL
start over…
… you’ll cry when
your third grade teacher
asks why your sister
is in jail
and why your mother
does her wash
at the Load-O-Mat
on Sunday
instead of attending
services at the first
Preysbeterian church
…and why your father
is still in Pensacola
and why your
Uncle Leo quit
the railroad job to
sell Amway
door to door
and you’ll NEVER
ask
the Army recruiter
about the job details
…and you’ll never
ask the landlady
who owns that apartment you will
lease
in South St. Paul
in September 1974
if the deposit
is refundable
and you won’t ask
that car guy in Mason City if the
cherry
Ford Econoline on the lot
has ever had, the
transmission replaced
you won’t ask
any of that
will you?
Ed's end of the planet books 
Was the deposit refundable?
No…it was not.
Well, next time you will ask, or maybe not.
Yeah, was it? I loved this Ed! Really a great piece. Reminds me of thoughts I’ve had myself!
Thanks for sharing,
-IV
…and thank you so much for stopping by and reading!
Really liked this. I know I’ve told you this before, but this one has Brautigan written all over it. I even thought maybe it was one of his. Your stuff is great. You don’t pull any punches.
Thank you so much for reading, as well as your kind words. The comparison to Brautigan is very humbling. He’s one of my favorites.