Frustration

My client has a mail-order wife,
no pre-set spending limit,
and an open life.
In his mind, it always has to be about something
that anyone can grasp and hold onto.
He'll do it
even if he has to pretend
to understand what he doesn't.
And she sees him in this way,
and she knows he is perfect.
She wants him to come
and pretend things with her,
because she never wants to fumble for meanings
or just be left with impressions.
They both just want to know exactly
what the song is all about,
they don't want more than one meaning
when they read something,
they don't need to see it more than once.
They'll dismiss it and never look twice,
and never wonder about it.
They'll forsake everything that they don't get,
becayse these ages were too beautiful and complex,
tangled with things they never experienced, sodden with war
and uncertainty.
They'll dismiss me and never want me back.