It happens over
coffee, one stunned, the other
already elsewhere.
Ending
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It happens over
coffee, one stunned, the other
already elsewhere.
Tag Archives: disappointment
Realization
She woke up seeing
him in a different light
flame sputtering out.
Facebook status after the breakup
“There’s always rain at
the most appropriate times
in my life,” he wrote.
Rejection
Hives. Itching. As if
her body can’t coexist
with her sense of self.
Out of wedlock
for S.
Without a ring she’s
uncertain, the baby no
guarantee he’ll stay.
Not in polite company
She talks of threesomes,
abortions, things her mother-
in-law would faint at.
Hearing herself on CD
When her voice leaves her
body, recorded, it’s a
stranger who comes out.
First boyfriend breakup
She didn’t want to
hold his hand, watch him eat bread
sloppily. The end.
Surviving St. Patrick’s Day
for Cathy
Too sick for green beer
she stayed home, watched bad films of
leprechaun horror.
Channel surfing at 3 am
Late night TV a
wonderland of fast money
junkyard of trashed dreams.
a haiku a day 