The Tragik Komedy of Precision Ben - Part II

[Part I in on Sunday, August 21st.]

II.

We dived into the
...daily battle
Carved our modest place
Where, really, no one cared to settle
Where plastic dominated metal
Where small was large
...and death could still rattle
Where they recognized your face.

Precision Ben knew he didn't need me.

"Since we were boys," he joked ,
"You've looked back
Or you look straight down.
Me -
I will make my name in futures
I will forget the past."

So I left
Because
Fifteen years was not
...enough
To make me lose my hope
...in me.

Ben was on his own
...with the others
They argued & yelled like
...the unequals of before
Gave Ben their hearts.

He needed more, of course,
And when his brilliance
...burned a thousands suns
Drove them to new heights
And dreams
Faster than reality could
...support.
For five years, nine years,
...I forget how many
They lost most every penny
And owned their small world.

Do you wanna come back?"
...he growled to me,
"You know the value of
...a dollar."

And I did.

And did.