The pleading suitor
Little sister sits on the couch
the boyfriend now exed pauses
at the door – eyes wet – pleading
to her sister’s now gone back
the boyfriend now exed pauses
at the door – eyes wet – pleading
to her sister’s now gone back
“I don’t like the way you
walk, I don’t like the way
you talk, I don’t like you”
walk, I don’t like the way
you talk, I don’t like you”
and off she’d gone – leaving
a sparkly ring on the kitchen
table –
a sparkly ring on the kitchen
table –
Case Closed