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BACKSPACE & DELETE

Max Evans

Look up “dumb human” on the computer
and a documented account of my
chumpness downloads for free.
Select “images” to view
degrading pictures of me
digging through wet trash
for a cracked Magic Mountain
keychain photo of her
smiling away on my lap.
Should you prefer to observe
my pain in real time,
check out YouTube for a clip
of me bawling in my car
through forty-five minute
bumper-to-bumper 405 traffic
smearing my tie for tissue.
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But, whatever you do,
don’t read my mental blog
of memories that recounts
simple things about her
such as her hair
shiny and black
black as a record.
How my fingers loved cruising
her scalp like turntable needles
sampling each track
of her total composition:
the up-tempo R&B cut
the quiet slow jam
the heartbreak banger.
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And if you violate the terms
of use as she had, a map of
my common sense will lead
you in endless circles,
a vortex of failed endeavors
to purge her from my life,
my existence.
So, I beg your fingers to
do to me as she’s already done:
backspace and delete me forever

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