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The Third Friday in March

Lisa Cappiello

My sister and I sat with full bladders in bumper-to-bumper traffic
silently bobbing our heads to hardcore rap music
until we reached the split-level furniture warehouse in Suburbia, New Jersey
where were coddled by lonely, middle-aged sales representatives with honest eyes and holes in their shoes
as we spent our hard earned, blue-collar cash on overpriced, mismatched furniture
in an attempt to recover from the aftermath of the encore tug of war game that our parents forced us to participate in
reminiscent of the one we played twelve years ago
that earned each of us a purple heart

I would have invited my love to join us, but I hadn’t spoken to him since my last day off from work
twenty six days prior
because he was too busy ruminating
about his ex-wife’s upcoming wedding to the man she cheated on him with

The moment I returned to my apartment I repeatedly punched the sequined rectangular throw pillow that sits primly on my couch
until my knuckles bled profusely
The fur-trimmed sleeve of my designer down coat is now in desperate need of dry cleaning

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