Failure to Appear 2009

Life is not owed to anyone
love isn't either
as rights go
Jury duty is more certain

I've gotten out of jury duty
every single time
only set foot
in the courthouse
once

Life?
Well my existence is being played out
as we speak
I guess you could call that
living
in the strictest
Oxford-English sense

And love
well, love is rather much like
me missing my jury duty on purpose
only love isn't jury duty
love is me
and I'm the jury duty

Every few months or so
I send love a letter
explaining to it
that I am it's obligation
and right
going so far as to delineate
a time and place
to arrive

But love never does
she always rips the letters
and shreds them
shreds the second notices
and failure to appears
and on the off chance love
does decide
to show up at the court house

It finds that court was canceled
thus ultimately fulfilling
it's duty
for another year

Without ever really showing up at all