the goods

it is late/and i have just bidden a pal good night/and silently told her sweet dreams/for we are unromantic friends/wishing each other well/without exes and ohs

shakespeare sure got “sweet sorrow” right

in grade school they taught us that “goodbye” was dialogue shorthand for “may god be with you”

tolkien had his eagles say “fare you well wherever you fare until your aeries receive you at journey’s end”

and in france there are many ways to say goodbye including “[be] with god” and “until we meet again”

and goodness is the implied cosmic force

good god good grief good gravy goodness gracious good in bed good golly good to be alive good for you good on you g’day mate

i’ll finish this when i am good and ready

and since you are

now would be good