Tearing carefully
Along the perforated edges
(cut deep, to make it go by faster
and leave less rough spots
where bittsweer laughter may ambush)
rip,rip, rip-
Like a smile
Yet fainter than swansong
(For it was easier than saying)
And sweeter than the warmest of tears
Torn
between emptiness and heartbreak
The dotted outline
Of a might'vebeen
whisked away in the wind
and somewhere, somewhere. .
a dirtied, crumpled, cut-out
[ -goodbye- ]
s(weeps) across the sidewalk
(because he couldn't.) |
Submission Name: Construction Paper
