Cetaceus

I think there is one true thing I can think of to say about these situations, the ones we’re all always looking to get ourselves into, and which for that reason we are all already embroiled in. It is this, and read it with the right accent: “everybody chasin’ somebody else.” I’ll be clear about what this means: everyone I have ever met has been in love with someone who isn’t in love with them, and who in turn is in love with someone else who, like they themselves, do not reciprocate that affection, or at least not in the same way.

At the same time I know and it is clear that the about-face does happen, where someone finally turns around and looks, happily and truly, at the one looking at them. And for this reason, one must apologize for the petty reaction one has to the news that this turn has been gifted to the next person in line, the one you’ve been chasing, who’s caught the attentions of the one he or she has been chasing. Apologies are all around forthcoming, and we hope to be grown up enough to offer them.