Weathered and rusted
an amateur restoration
explained snatching the book
from each other to read
phrases that supported our positions.
Secretly,
i’d been happy to settle for
adequate between the two.
Maybe, I should think it over.
Would likely find about
fifty things wrong with
my best shot,
my bluff.
Of course,
that’s why I’m giving you
first refusal.
You and I go back so far.
By Akili