Saturday, August 12, 2023

the ripping off of the bandaid

i suggest the polite,
but well
written letter sent via
the postman
or 
email.
a well thought out
letter listing the doubts
and reasons
that this relationship
can ever progress
going
as it has for so long.
but keep the door
ajar that maybe, just
maybe a friendship
can survive.
i tell her to list gently
the causes
of breaking up.
the drinking,
the angry children,
the grieving of an ex-wife,
deceased.
the distance,
the run down house.
the weight of it all.
but instead she texts
and says,
we're done,
to which he replies. 
have a good life.

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