the price of admission

there is a price of admission
for relationship, you have look for the
best and ignore the rest.
she told me this today
but i'd never heard this,
succint
difficult
true.
i lost more hair today,
leaving a large pile on the examining
table at the dermotologist,
if he didn't believe me before
he did now,
i wandered out, scrip in hand.
he wandered into the next exam room
thinking the same thing,
there is a price of admission to
have a relationship.
Otherwise you will find yourself
standing alone
in the dark.