Most things 
I imagine 
I imagine 
really are
that aren’t 

monsters hiding 
fears halting
all sorts
of hesitations 
and hiccups 

a slew
and slaw
of could’ve 
would’ve should’ve 
zesty bitters 

pungent hopes
turned into 
hops ending 
in some 
bubbly brew

As I peel
and then toss
the closer I 
get to somewhere 
heretofore untouched and 
unfamiliar a place 
maybe even thing
that before was
and now is 
the shedding of
the shredding of
what was past
exposes me too
as I had 
been long ago 

But that’s just 
me and I
am not you
had I been 
I’d never have 
but I did
and you did 
too and we
did it together 
and now look 
now just look 
look at this 
thing that we

I wonder 
if then
we knew 
now if
we would’ve 
what we
could’ve rather 
than not 
had we
if we 
wanted to 
what we
said that 
we did 
had that 
and not 
this been 
then been 
there been 
and everywhere 
else been