Showing posts with label leaving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leaving. Show all posts

August 2, 2010

49 Ways (to leave and be left)

Walk out on her.
Run far from her.
Slow-drift apart on your bed.
Stray away, stay away,
move too fast right away.
Slowly roll off of her bed.

Climb off her Vespa.
Climb out her window.
Leave her behind on the sidewalk.
Leave her on the roof
or in a bar.  Find your car.
Take the subway, take the MAX,
take the BART.

She threw you out.
She drove you home.
She ended it on the phone.
She traded up, quit you,
or packed you in.
She courtesy fucked you “so long!”

Gmail her, text her,
Facebook status her.
Write her a sorry Dear Jane.
Tell her you’re gay.
Tell her you’re straight.
Or honestly say she’s insane.

Cross the street or a bridge,
cross your arms and say nothing.
Wear a cross; you’re a new man of God.
Catch the elevator down.
Catch a rare new disease.
Or admit that your feelings are gone.

You broke her heart.
You broke her leg.
You pissed off her dad and large brother.
You used her, cursed at her,
were too much of a pushover.
You slept with her young single mother.

Move away.
Forget her day.
Lie to her from the start.
Forget to call.
But worst of all,
spend New Year’s Eve apart.








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August 1, 2010

5 hard ways to leave

Out the window,
one boot on,
your pants unbuttoned,
your hand in one boot.
Lucky is the stinking metal
of a dumpster banging against your ass.

Through the door,
leave nothing behind.
Nod to her boyfriend,
surrender his girlfriend.
Penance is cold after-hours
when buses don’t run
and your cell-phone is dead.

Up the stairs,
perfume and smoke.
Your hands in leather gloves,
your heart out on her street.
Murder is a humid conversation
in a bright room
with your stone mind.

In the car,
turn down the stereo,
turn off the ignition,
open the door, “Get out.”
Justice is crawling through bushes
for keys she threw
farther than she was thrown.

But the hardest
will be with you.
We haven’t met.
I’m sorry I’ll be mean.

Leaving is appraising
all you’ve stored up,
then choosing which to save
from your slowly burning room.





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