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Sole Mate

walk and talk with who?

By Richard SeltzerPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
Sole Mate
Photo by Derek Thomson on Unsplash

Now that I don't have a wife,

I walk my soul.

not her,

and talk to him,

not her.

But he won't stay still.

He runs away

like the tot

who once was me,

not her.

heartbreak

About the Creator

Richard Seltzer

Richard now writes fulltime. He used to publish public domain ebooks and worked for Digital Equipment as "Internet Evangelist." He graduated from Yale where he had creative writing courses with Robert Penn Warren and Joseph Heller.

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    Written by Richard Seltzer