it's complicated

when someone

says to you, it's complicated,

as they take

your hand into

theirs and look deeply

into your eyes,

maybe with alligator

tears in theirs,

some manufactured sighs,

expect the worse.

the end is a painful

ten minute

convoluted conversation

away.

just rip the band aid

off, and 

grow a pair,

say what you have

to say.

you have no patience

for junior doctor phils.