The Tragik Komedy of Precision Ben - Part III

[Part II was on Sunday, August 28th; Part I was Sunday, August 21st]

We did not really fight
We never really fought
Over who was boss
.................was king
.................was genius
.................was The Reason:
Ben was.
I never had the ideas
...only How To Do
...the dull How To
...the drone Do
...the red ink black ink
Ledger that always stood
...between Precision Ben's dreams and
...our reality.

Precision Ben had asked me back
And I came
I missed the game. His game was so much better.
Precision Ben was the same:
...I will make my name in futures
...I will forget the past

But the past was biting at our heels
...and corrupting the present
...and "Yes" was not enough
To save Ben's dream.

"Yes" was not enough.

Shout slam scream
...It wasn't a fight
...Precision Ben's dream
It was a war.
...We were allies
...Commies and Capitalists to beat the Nazies
Allies
...until it was over
...paper over silence over unsaid over
...everything
Until we'd won.

We lied
...To win
...To ourselves
...Ben to me; Me to Ben; Us to everybody
That we agreed

And I saved the company for Ben
...Ben's dream
...Now my dream too.

Precision Ben never forgave me for that.
Bastard
It's my dream too
Now.