As you recount tales of literature lectures,
\nof writing symposiums,
\nof ivy vines clinging to walls of ancient brick
\nopportunities.
\nI am struck by the fiercest jealousy that I have ever known.
\nMade more bitter by the fact that your words do not drip with gloating pride
\n(moist, perhaps, but certainly not dripping).
\nNo, your words shine with a blinding excitement.
\nA taunting contagion.
\nA knowledge of what you love.
\nAnd a promise that you will have it.
\nSlumming amidst grease traps and deep fryers,
\nfor some a dead end, but no, not you.
\nLast summer’s employment now a springboard towards world domination.
\nYour master plan sweeping across your life like plastic pieces across the continent of the risk board where we played last summer.
\nAnd I know
\nthat you will suck the meat of life down to its wretched core.
\nAnd suck the marrow from those frail remains.
\nBut I wonder
\nwill there be any left for me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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