Double Negative
June 18 2010


He kept on saying “irregardless”.
The word was a sulky child
sweeping the checkerboard clear
before all was lost.
It was a bulldozer
levelling every argument, fact I could muster,
even the valid ones.
But he was oblivious
stubbornly persisting with double negatives,
never mind that awful concoction of a word.
His preference is clearly for emphasis
over logic.

In fact, he loved double negatives,
couldn’t get enough.
I didn’t do nothing
he protested,
unaware how accurate he was.
I tactfully pointed out his mistakes,
which only made him more enraged
scathingly itemizing mine.

Whatever, I finally said
seeking refuge in Zen indifference,
not to mention the moral superiority
of letting go.
So, does passive-aggressive
cancel out as well?

But it’s these internal contradictions
that make us human,
how love and hate
pleasure, pain
can co-exist
And irregardless
of cutting words, objects hurled,
the unforgettable
post-fight sex.