Unconditionally conditional

Some scattered thoughts on social exchange

As beauty abandons us,

You look over your shoulder with indifference

A self-centered sacrifice of no consequence

Come the strangers with no currency of significance.



You have been forced to love me,

so hate me now before motivation is lost.

This biding of time is insulting,

composed of conversations to convince us of civility.



Marking the beautiful as a beast

Replacing the superficial with substance

Questioning the rational and emotional

How does one cooperate without concession?