'another'

another no goodnight 

another time with your back turned 

another moment left in the cold 

another no nothing no anything at all. 

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'sticky note'

he seals his xoxoxo’s inside her purse

scrawled upon a sticky note

that’s the way she likes it

his love bound wherever she may go.

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'dirty laundry'

he keeps his worlds the way

he keeps his fashion

slipping in and out as it

suits his mood

cognizant that sooner or later

his laundry will pile up

his security taken to the wash. 

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'dumb fuck'

silver-tongued in your craftiness

you think me a sheep

for the wool you believe

you’ve pulled over my eyes

but my oh my

long have i hidden

the big teeth i have. 

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'we mourn differently'

you lost me now.

i lost you

a long time ago.

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'used to'

we don’t hold hands like we used to

we share nothing like we used to

the only thing embraced

the distance between us.

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‘he was vast’

she rises and falls atop

the shallow tides of his chest

a little girl once more

fingers floating adrift

the ocean of his palm

fighting the currents

once that had born life

awaiting now to carry him

away. 

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'cheating fuck'

tonight found myself

in the favor of

a good bourbon.

my scotch gave me

the evil eye.

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'the math is on point'

too little

too late

to give

two fucks. 

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'sibling'

my pain is well practiced and has evolved

long before i ever gave a thought

why it is so encompassing 

engrossing

and without end. 

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