parting is not sweet sorrow

it's usually a problem

getting the spare key back.
the parking pass.

getting everything left behind
to the curb

in large lawn bags.
the guitar, the jewelry,
the lingerie.

they can be like gum stuck
to the bottom of your shoe.

no matter how hard
you try to scrape it off, there's
still

some stuck between the treads.
parting is not
sweet sorrow, but just

a pain sometimes, better yet
to throw those

old sneaks away.