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she tells me
I don’t know how to love
then starts to pack her bag

I don’t stop her

love is a tiresome beast
and I’ve fed it enough
of my fat

when she calls me three weeks
later and asks
if I’m still around
I say yes
invite her over
then take off her underwear
with my teeth

she says she doesn’t mind
that she got back from the clinic
and could give up
another child
if I asked

I ask her for some water
but finish the wine
by the bed
my lips are all stained
and hers get stained too
but she’s so beautiful
when she is yelling
crying
telling me she has to leave

I didn’t stop her the first time
I didn’t stop her the second time

she only comes around
when her lover
can’t get it up