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We Were Left Behind
May 1, 2019
To the wall-
why do your paint shavings
scatter on me
and no one bothers
to sweep them away
no one has been here in so long.
you are faded away, showing the
lime green wallpaper someone
tried to cover
my drawers, left open
collect your shavings in piles
and hide what was left behind
a pen; dry
a journal; empty
a watch; handles stuck at 9:01
a CD player; silent
a pair of earbuds; knotted
on your other side lays a kitchen table
under a bowl of rotting pears
which were meant for a pie
they didn’t forget the recipe.
-From the desk
© Sean C., Princeton, IL
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