Friday, June 30, 2023

she won't go away

you stop
and sit on the curb,
you take
a stick to scrape
away
the gum stuck to the bottom
of your shoe.
it's been there all day,
once pink,
now a grey rancid
goo.
she just won't go away
no mater how
far you walk,
or tell her to leave
you alone
and stop.

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