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Mismatched Jigsaw
April 16, 2016
should I lose 15 pounds
or gain them back
to be like her
I guess I never knew you
but you could’ve known me
you just didn’t want to
I seem to ruin everything I touch
destruction, disorientation, chaos
wasn’t interesting enough
perhaps I’m just a figurine
porcelain and hollow
permanently enclosed in a glass case
and because of you
the glass remains, never fully lifted
they’ll never know me
no expectations, no disappointments
the closer anyone gets
the further I recede
ceramics are fragile after all
3, 2, 1
oh look, I’m almost at zero
© Alexander G., Whitman, MA
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