Walling It

Before I knew
the feeling I felt
I built myself some self-preservation.
I didn't know you did it, too.

Feigning sleep
I watched you
with one eye almost lidded.
I saw your right eye flutter,
then close tight, again.

The strategy of relations turned comical,
as we matched each other step for step,
tit for tat,
until it those steps started backing away
from a chance at something different.
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