Peek-a-boo Blues.

(for my Dad...RIP.)


How many of us hide behind words?

One springs to mind in particular.  


'Affair'.

'Affair' makes it sound somehow...dignified.  

Borderline validated.  

Like the 'Petrov Affair'.  

The 'Petrov Affair' was a dramatic Cold War spy incident that occurred in Australia in 1954.

It involved Vladimir Petrov- the Third Secretary of the Soviet embassy in Canberra- The Australian Government, & the Soviet Government.  

Our shabby little 'affairs' involve our genitals, someone else's genitals, & someone's trust.  


Let's start calling things the way they really are.  Substitute 'affair' for 'fucked someone else.'  


& while we are at it- nobody 'passed on'.  

We have no proof of that.  

They 'DIED'.  

Calling it what it is...we are more likely to make the most of every living, loving second.  

I want to stop hiding behind words that betray the truth.

I want to stop hiding...

FULL STOP.


Life's too short for peek-a-boo.