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When she puts on the tea,

I know it is time to leave.

She places a sponge in my hand and asks me to clean

the plates pile greasy

my hands soaks with bubble and I sigh as I rinse, she pats my shoulder and says

“before you exit

a place

respect it

be careful how you leave a person’s home because they will remember it”

The last time we spoke,

i set the world on fire.

I still remember what loving you is like

I can still taste a past, forgetting to be past

I don’t know how you did it,

but you were so very good at taking my life from me

Most days

weren’t days

most days were stories you told me

a reverse fairytale

of a woman who first kisses a boy

and then

falls asleep forever.

The day you left all the neighbors locked their doors

I went home

and collected my body

I gathered what was left of us

I carried a small city into the river

I watched it drown....

no one sang

there was no moment of silence

I was a moment of silence for so many years

i stood by the water

i did not know how to mourn you

i did not know who to mourn

all i knew was

you can spend forever looking at the devil and never see it’s him.

The day you left

I had to revisit every memory we had

I had to sway it in my arms

Had to let it weep

until it finally cried itself to sleep

I’ll never know how you did it

but you were so very good at taking me from myself

It’s a little impressive what you can do to a body and what part of your body had to stop being a body in order for you to do it

I am a story you can never tell

and you are a story I can never stop telling in hopes that people like me will not have to keep telling stories of people like you forever.

The last time I saw you

i emptied the kitchen

i split over the sink

i threw away the spoiled

the leftover moments

the parts of you that you left here

I put on the tea

i scrub

i scrub

i scrub angry

until I can no longer see what happened here tonight.

You have to be careful

how you leave

another person’s home

because it is how they will remember you.

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Dolphin14

Intense words. Very deep writing.

I hope you are ok

in reply to Dolphin14

I’m going through something right now, I’ll be okay ❤️

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Dolphin14 in reply to

I'm here for you ❤️

in reply to Dolphin14

Thank you 🤗❤️

Is everything ok

in reply to Indifferentlycalm

Not right now but I will be

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melbrown

Speechless... sending love & hugs... my shoulder is here for you 🌻

in reply to melbrown

🌻 thank you Mel, love you ❤️

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melbrown in reply to

Love you too Danielle. How are you & Spidey doing?

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Agora1

Dearest Danielle, an astounding field of Sunflowers

Sending you my love. Never stop believing in yourself :) xx

in reply to Agora1

❤️❤️ thank you. Sending you hugs 🤗

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Agora1 in reply to

I'm always here for you :) xx

in reply to Agora1

❤️

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Starrlight

❤️

in reply to Starrlight

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 🌟 hey love

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Sillysausage234

Hi Danielle....that’s a deep poem ..very well written.....belated new year wishes hope you are well ... been looking for you since Halloween ish 🙂

in reply to Sillysausage234

Happy new year!!!! sending you positive energy and light, may this year only brings you good health and great music and amazing food, can’t forget about food that’s important 😂

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Sillysausage234 in reply to

Thank you very much for your positive vibes....right back at ya ...2021 year of the cake 🍰😄

in reply to Sillysausage234

Let’s not forget the 🥓 I was hoping they would take off one of the stars from the flag and replace it with a bacon, what else brings people together than something delicious

in reply to Sillysausage234

Patriotic baconism

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Sillysausage234 in reply to

Bacon lettuce and tomato on a bun 😋....and melted cheese ...I actually bought some nice smoky bacon today 😀......and some chocolate biscuits.....love your sunflower picture

in reply to Sillysausage234

🤤 our local dinner sells these smoky bacon bits they put them on the menu a few weeks ago now I go when it’s almost closing time cause they gives me extra 😂😂

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Sillysausage234 in reply to

When I was young I used to go to the fish and chip shop but only had enough for chips so used to ask for the spare fish bits ....like all the scraps 😚....was delicious 😆

in reply to Sillysausage234

Like I’m doing now with the bacon bits lol not like they have a choice but to give me the rest of the bacon 😂

in reply to Sillysausage234

Closing time can’t keep them for the next day

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