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Throw it Away.
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relations "This doesn't work, can we throw it away?"
He doesn't look up from his phone to see what I am holding up.
A long lighter shaped like a fishing pole.
"You don't work. Can we throw you away?"
His voice isn't joking and I wonder if he can hear my reply.
"I just wanted to know if it had any sentimental value."
"It doesn't. Throw it away."
And I wonder if he means me.
I like it, but trust your
I like it, but trust your reader. Always trust your reader. I recommend taking out the last line, let people come to that conclusion.
If I had more time to plan or
If I had more time to plan or think this out, I might have.
But this was written a minute after it happened and I slipped upstairs and the words wrote themselves and I let them.
Although, to be honest, I don't believe it flows correctly without the last line.
Most of my poems are raw emotion and I believe they are powerful in that right.
I am not looking for people to read and enjoy my poems, I am ecstatic when they do, but these are for me and these are my feelings.
Thank you for commenting and your advice and welcome to PostPoems!
Love,
LovingLovelace.
If your mirror doesn't find you one of the most beautiful people it has ever seen, punch it and find a better mirror.