The rusted metal on the heating vent, | 1 |
curdled paint from a leaking rooftop, | 2 |
and a bookshelf full of broken bindings. | 3 |
These walls have not seen daylight, | 4 |
and the floor has some wear | 5 |
from the fourteen days of pacing. | 6 |
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And when those two weeks of waiting ended, | 7 |
he never sent a letter or called to apologize. | 8 |
Mirrors said she'd aged so many years. | 9 |
So she found the sharpest brush, | 10 |
and opened the blinds | 11 |
to paint her anger on the sunset. | 12 |