Saturday, February 21, 2009

Ode to a Bad Penny


And then, as if on cue,
you turn up with rancor and cruelty

interrupting my version of reality

leaving the speck of hope you conjured
to become a shoulder shrug

and a “bugger off” on the tip of my tongue.


© 2008 Marcy Stoeckel

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