Kevin Decline from Enforcer by Paul Gonzenbach

Following a well-used path before easing beneath the waterline. We were following a well-used path. We saw the signs, the rising waterline, our love in decline.

You've never been grabbed by the guts. You've never been kicked in the neck. Dragged out and wrung out and drugged up and knocked up, you never wanted to. You never needed to. I ran into your best friends, and oh, the things they say about you now. And your long-lost lovers, well, the adjectives! The gestures!

So sorry to fold so soon. It's so sad but such a nice tune. I meant every word I said. I still do.

I know you, you are lost when you are found. So much more comfortable in frowns. You and I, we are lost when we are found. Comfortable in neglect, we will be comfortable in the ground. We are the joke that gets the biggest laugh.

You say you've got no kind words for anyone to their back or face-to-face. You say the cruelest things and all the while, you wear the most endearing smile. Is it any wonder they love you?

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