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He hadn't hesitated,
hanging his hat.
How hypnotizing her hair,
how harmonious her hips.
Her humor hooked him.
He haphazardly handed her
his heart.
Her heart held his,
heedlessly.
Her higher-hand had him,
handicapped.
Helpless, he held her,
husband-hopeful.
Honeymoon-hornswoggled,
he hyperextended himself.
Her habits,
hypocritical,
hindered his happiness.
Howbeit, he held her,
highly honored.
Hormonal, harsh,
her hits, harrowing,
hurt.
However, he hovered,
helping her.
He heard harming hearsay.
Her honesty, hollow.
Hypersexuality,
humiliating his honor.
He had his hundredth heartbreak.
Heartrendingly,
he headed home.
Half his heart held hostage.
About the Creator
Abby Kay Mendonca
Here to share my voice. I write about the overstated and underappreciated. Also, I love cats.
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Comments (21)
This is impressive! That last line really packs a punch.
excellent
That is some NEXT-LEVEL WOW!
Abby, I really enjoyed this tautogram! It was heartbreaking and told an engaging story! So well done!
Outstanding !! Beautifully written.
Wow you said so much in this tautogram. Great job!
Wow, very vivid story telling, and so heartbreaking! Wonderful job, Abby! Congrats on your placement in the challenge!! 💫
Congrats on your achievement!!😊
Awww, my heart broke for him 🥺
a wonderful piece!
Congratulations 🎉🎈🙂
Oh. This one just hurts. But so heartfelt. Well done and congratulations on placing Runner Up in the Tautogram Challenge!
A heartfelt poem and cleverly written. Congrats on runner up.
Congratulations!!!
Amazing work!!
Sensational! 👏👏👏
This was fantastic! Really great work. I keep reading pieces over and finding more details to ruminate on.
“Half his heart held hostage” literally took my breath away as the closing line. Beautiful
A full tautogramic (Probably not a word, is it?) story, nicely done. And thank you for avoiding the endless trope of always having a male antagonist. It's becoming a courageous thing to try and break through that particular angry stereotype. This was a clever way to describe heartbreak Abby.
This is so well-done. Beautiful work.
Nice✨💖😉