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Sanitizing My Soul

Breakup Nonet

By Andrew C McDonaldPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
Sanitizing My Soul
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Try as I might, I can't scrub you out:

Your touch has stained my very soul.

Mr Clean, Scrubbing Bubbles....

Nothing external works

Perhaps change tactic.

Ahh, here we are

Under sink

Clorox

Drink

Mental Healthslam poetry

About the Creator

Andrew C McDonald

Andrew McDonald was a 911 dispatcher for 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.

Never mind. I give up.

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    Written by Andrew C McDonald