Rubbed Out

Buddy knew massage

Was a thing some people did.

But Buddy did his own damn rubbing

Since he was a kid.

He rubbed them this way

Some that way and

They all said

YOU NEVER EVEN TOUCHED ME!

Yet, here we are.

Two whole minds who ain’t that far

Apart, which makes us close as shit

And, to think of it,

You’d think

We’re the same damn person.