and to keep a job,

from a maintenance crew i heard

”Break something so that it needs repairing”.

This wearily reminds me

of how many times – I can’t count how many times

people make up sorrows and troubles so they can swoop in and solve.
This need to be needed often goes too far.
Like how they let go of the paddle of the canoe we’re in into

the rushing river.
How that one needy lie of a hidden third party

breaks up

a good friendship,

a good marriage

and

the love

between

a parent and child,

and alliances between nations.

©️February 2025 Much Love, Deb Poems