This is a small sorrow. Already
i sit bonecold,
unbroken
Tremble: black coffee a
welcome jangle in an
empty--
This is too small for heartbreak.
Two days. Already my breasts
have lost their ache,
have shrunk unneeded to their
small untenderness--
(Tonight i will drink red wine.
A whole bottle. Two
if i want them.)
Oh small small grief
oh little bittersweet:
you sit across from me
you will sit there tomorrow
you will hold my hand tonight
and cry brief tears.
We are left heartwhole, barely
touched by that
small soul.
Left so little to remember--
just this day, wintercold,
black coffee,
sour on my tongue.
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