"I want to tell you" she whispered

his heart cooled in the

sudden ice of their bed

"dont get mad" she urged

she'd been only fourteen with

a married man then

her mother taking charge and

from a long way off something about

a clinic

but what got him, sucked the love from him

was the tears

that claim of continuing loss

she'd even given him a name

no guilt

he ...

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black clouds on a sunny day

a bus ride into town

on a sunny day

a black cloud

crawls its way

across the window

this is about me

this is about me

this is about me

this is not about me

she could be

he could be

there is no sign

how would I know

I glance at her

her smile

curves into uncertainty

at the corner

of her mou...

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