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by Courtney Shay

To an Empty Picture Frame

Waiting for a face
that won't return to you
a faded laughing
s m i l i n g
(that was before he knocked me up
and left me here just LEFT me here)
image
of the man
she's never met

But you magnified his beauty
you wrapped his likeness
in your tender gentle
f r a g i l e
(he knocked everything off the table
in a fit of rage a FIT of rage)
safekeeping
holding this man
she's never met

I see through your glass
that once showcased security
but is now jagged irregular
b r o k e n
(if he ever comes back knocking around here
he can think again he can just THINK again.)
shards
of a man
she'll never meet

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