staring at my body in the long
mirror
she left
me,
attached to the door
with four
short screws,
i give my waist a pinch.
not good.
i make a vow,
no cake
for a week.
i'm always making promises
i can't keep.
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About Me
- Stephen Chute
- west springfield, virginia, United States
- these are all FICTIONAL stories and characters, with humor and pathos, emotional complaints of the soul and are in no way representative of any real experiences in my or anyone else's life. any similarities are purely coincidental, except for the dog poems.
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