break up number 19

she says you've changed.

all i do is pick

up after you.

i tell her

you're not the person

i thought

you were. always on your phone.

she says.

i never knew this about you,

i was wrong.

so was i, i tell her.

you're nothing close to

what you were

in the beginning

of this relationship.

i was a fool to ever have

gotten involved with you.

same, she says, same.

here's your ring back.

and here's yours.

i want you out of here

by sundown, i tell her.

oh, don't worry about that.

i 'll be gone before

you know it.

she begins to cry.

i hold her. i'm sorry, she

says.

me too, i tell her, squeezing

her tightly.

dinner? you pick.