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The Attitude We Learn
by Meghan HelmichDarling, I will not share the tension behind this tongue, nor
give you a reason to slide in between sweaty fingers.
(If you were
me,
your ears would pick up separate sounds.) Any
absence you may have noticed, any reason that
tonight could not continue as planned, well,
take that as a promise of future misunderstanding.
The genuine stare, my eyes on the wrinkles that
shade your speckled forehead, comes
from a place in me that is not so hidden.
The smirks you bestow, betrayals on
canvas. Proof, you cavalier lover, of my devotion
and I will fall out of step (with) you
will
leave on dancers toes. You will leave
me, bequeath to me
the silence you have so practiced. The
white ending I have so accepted.02/20/2006 Author's Note: The assignment was to use each word from a song lyric as the first word of each line. I chose (The Child Is Gone - Fiona Apple).
Posted on 04/08/2006
Copyright © 2025 Meghan Helmich
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