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False assumptions.

A broken dry cracked book cover still contains the same old story.

By UnarmTdreamsPublished 5 years ago 1 min read
cracked 2020

It was unexpected

An assault

Upon her

A direct verbal hit

Unshaken

She did not respond

Standing in line

At

The local

10 x 10

100 square foot

Unfiltered box

Picking her choice of

Damage

Donned with a mask

Two

Sets of glasses

To protect the eyes

From the unseen virus

He spouted out

With anger

Distain

Bitter

His cracked uncovered lips

Stuttered over the words

With

What I feared

Were his last breathes

He shuttered

“I should have kicked you in the ass.”

Demented

Bitter

Hateful

Oldman

I sympathize

You are

In

Pain.

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About the Creator

UnarmTdreams

I will learn to know myself as, Michelle. I am Andrea M. Sturm. I like to play with words. Toss the letters around like a beach ball in the summer carelessly playing in the sun while the water tickles the toes of the feet.

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