Three Verses Which Concern You
by Kevin O'Cuinn

       
     

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That afternoon when,
fearing I would drown,
I fell back into you,
the sun played tricks on the frozen window,
and I thought I'd never fly again. Honest.


With

Nobody had called me those things before.
Loser. Inadequate. Faker.
Fakir? I queried, actually liking that one.
You wish, you said, in a very non-verbal way,
and I made a mental note to read up on homophones,
they're so much fun.


Away

Your sobs followed me out the door
and down the steps; your tears,
trickling then gushing ahead,
made a dolphin-shaped puddle.
And a car sped by, a silver Volvo,
splashing the puddle,
and sending the dolphin into the sky.

       
     

Kev's Irish, but lives with The Fairies in Pixelland. He doesn't mix his drinks.


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