LOVE FOR SALE

love is for fools
I wish it were true
for I would be a fool
as I have loved before
bright yellow wattle
and the golden rays
that lay on it
subtle shadows
around greenery
and the spirit
that rustles the leaves
      cheeky beauty
that could kill
a man

but love is not for fools
the wise must love life
love back pain
and toothache
love never falling asleep
and never feeling awake
love car crashes
broken noses
love godlessness
love an ever racing heart
and racing mind
love empty wallets
worrying about everything
love nothing going right
love heart break
and above all,
love hopelessness

that is a love that
that a fool doesn’t know
a love that
you want
that
would fill a bottomless
and leaking heart
that is a love
for aeons
that is the love
I have for sale

Craig Huang - 12/09/24