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Dropped like an old shirt

Challenge: a nonet poem about a relationship breakup

By B.B. PotterPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
A not so lucky purple shirt. Photo: B.B. Pottery copyright 2024.

We don’t have much in common these days,

I thought we might work it out. Then

I saw you wearing the shirt

from that night at the fair.

Dreams not restored. Not

Forgetting that

I don’t like

lucky

shirts.

Free Verseheartbreak

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B.B. Potter

A non-fiction writer crossing over to fiction, trying to walk a fine line between the two.

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