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Charlotte

Christopher Hanson

Spittle contorted smiles
And lips
Drenched in green
Seek the satins that never
Satisfy,
Sheets fallen,
Wings blistered
And holes burnt through the
Bottoms of
Shoes.

I pace myself alongside
The white of one left
Eye
Gazing to the
Two-step
I take,
An answer to
Her dance with
Me being the partner,
Reluctant,
Somehow scared
And even more so out of place.

I know I’ll leave,
And more importantly,
I know she’ll come home,
Empty
With little more than
Lint in pocket,
Abandoned,
Just a shiver of looking for
Warm.

And if my cold hasn’t taken over
Quite yet,
I’ll give her a
Blanket,
It’s the best I can do,
But at least it’s
Something.

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