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“If you knew my backstory you’d believe me”

“I don’t want to know,” I say abruptly, which probably telegraphs that I absolutely do

“A man needs a wo I’ve learned recently, very recently And for that reason there’s no reason to thank ”

“I’estion And if you did find so care of one wo care’ of theht, if you knohat I mean”

“I defer to my earlier comments then That’s not a man”

I tipwith one of the reasons why I’ anyone now

“How can you give your all to one person if you’re giving a bit of yourself to everyone You can’t, and you lower your value and never get anywhere in the process…never establishing a real bond, trust, and an unbreakable relationship”

“I suggest you tell other men that The world would be a better place”

“It’s not a suggestion, it’s a rule”

“A rule?”

“Rule Rules s work…better”

I extend the distance between us, e of the sidewalk so I can’t be pulled into an alley, sla about it makes me uneasy, yet comforts me at the same time

My life has always been in chaos and it never got me anywhere I could actually use a little structure, so myself out of the hole I currently find myself in

That said, those rules should be mine and no one else’s Shouldn’t they?

Out of nowhere there’s cohbor moves toward me quickly