If a man can’t stand up
despite
all that he stands on
what good is he?
It doesn’t do much good
to say, “I don’t know.”
Because nobody knows
and they want to know
“Why is he the expert?”
“Why not me,
or you?”
The captain always knows.
Most men
can’t be trained to be the captain.
They just are.
That is the secret to men who are good with women
To surgeons, who cut a piece of meat for Thanksgiving,
and then do the same thing
on a human body.
They never stop BEING
because they are.
That is the secret
to being great at anything.
It haunts your mind
because
it’s a ghost.
Salesmen sell to our shortcomings
A wise person is thankful
for what they already have
even when they part with suggested pain
placed there
by a hypnotist.
I talked to our previous Dean
and
she is happier in her new role
but it’s hard to give-up prestige
to do what she loves.
Some poor bastard got her job
because it’s in demand
and their soul is eaten-up by angry parents.
Men who protect their women
think they have a good thing
and perhaps they do
but not having anything to protect
is freeing.
That doesn’t mean
you don’t have everything.