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Chattel and Dung
You spend an hour at the CVS
Scouring the greeting card aisle
Hoping photography or some poem
Catches your eye.
A token to prove that you care
While not scaring
Him away.
While he sits on a squalid toilet
By his room at Mother’s house
Thumbing through Tijuana brochures.
Counting the coin
He’ll pocket after chewing you
Up and shitting
You away.
Scouring the greeting card aisle
Hoping photography or some poem
Catches your eye.
A token to prove that you care
While not scaring
Him away.
While he sits on a squalid toilet
By his room at Mother’s house
Thumbing through Tijuana brochures.
Counting the coin
He’ll pocket after chewing you
Up and shitting
You away.
Published 13th Feb 2013
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Anonymous
- Edited 17th May 2018 11:37am
13th Feb 2013 4:38pm
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13th Feb 2013 4:58pm
Thanks Tidespotter. I'm really glad you liked it. CVS is a drug store chain.
13th Feb 2013 5:01pm
Friggin love this !
Tony,
I adore how you avoid the cliche like questionable Chinese take out. It endears you to my little heart every time I read you ! ;)
Tony,
I adore how you avoid the cliche like questionable Chinese take out. It endears you to my little heart every time I read you ! ;)
13th Feb 2013 5:10pm
Maggie, thanks for your kind words and for putting the little bastard on your reading list. It means alot and I bet you got a great big heart. A whole lotta soul!
Anonymous
- Edited 15th May 2018 1:38pm
24th Feb 2013 6:31am
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24th Feb 2013 6:56am
5th Mar 2013 1:05am
God, this reads so gritty and totally hit the spot this evening. Write on, friend.
5th Mar 2013 4:52am