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Parting
This morning,
before work,
it was over there
I stack-of-bibles swear!
the pillow-top queen
now nowhere is seen
where’s our bed?
you mean my bed?
moved to the new place
So begins the bifurcation
with Solomon-like precision
twenty-nine years
of accumulation
stuff of long forgotten dreams
equitably redistributed
half in place remains
half reassembled
in a smallish bungalow
a quarter mile away
Quick to adopt
new love-language
of amicable dissolution ,
no, no you take that
really? but I thought…
well you thought wrong, it’s yours
can I keep?…thank you!
these I can’t resist
they’re all yours
I insist
Old world now sorted
remember-whennings all said
so fare thee well….best of luck
I’m off to buy a new bed
before work,
it was over there
I stack-of-bibles swear!
the pillow-top queen
now nowhere is seen
where’s our bed?
you mean my bed?
moved to the new place
So begins the bifurcation
with Solomon-like precision
twenty-nine years
of accumulation
stuff of long forgotten dreams
equitably redistributed
half in place remains
half reassembled
in a smallish bungalow
a quarter mile away
Quick to adopt
new love-language
of amicable dissolution ,
no, no you take that
really? but I thought…
well you thought wrong, it’s yours
can I keep?…thank you!
these I can’t resist
they’re all yours
I insist
Old world now sorted
remember-whennings all said
so fare thee well….best of luck
I’m off to buy a new bed
Published 3rd Apr 2022
Author's Note
NaPo WriMo 2022 entry #2
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Dear GW,
The strangeness of a new and modified relationship can be so…different. Each person trying to figure out how to navigate new channels. I think the snippets of conversation and the details regarding the barest of essentials in this piece have such a strong hold of humanity and reality. Such a brilliant relatable write. H🌷
The strangeness of a new and modified relationship can be so…different. Each person trying to figure out how to navigate new channels. I think the snippets of conversation and the details regarding the barest of essentials in this piece have such a strong hold of humanity and reality. Such a brilliant relatable write. H🌷
3rd Apr 2022 9:07am
Thank you, dear Honoria💞 I am so enthused by your comment...I hope it's not too relatable.
23rd May 2022 8:31pm
It sounds like a difficult time, but it's so much nicer when these things can be done amicably. My friend's wife left him when he was in hospital years ago, and took all the best stuff/ nicest wedding presents with her. Urgh. You painted the situation very well anyway.
