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end of the lease

breakup nonet

By Michaela Delaney Published about a year ago 1 min read
end of the lease
Photo by Erfan Banaei on Unsplash

call a floor cleaner to come over

get rid of our tears sunken down

to the subfloors, scrub out the

laughter between the walls

cover up the holes

between our hearts

and we can

split the

cost

heartbreak

About the Creator

Michaela Delaney

Writing helps me express things I don’t know how to rid my brain of otherwise.

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