here's to abandonment

words d
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                p
off your tongue
like liquid sugar cane
like honey

& honey, you are
the essence of incense
that lingers in my bones
my muscle tissue
my coated white teeth

your skin reminds me
of the cracks in my spine
of my tired, tired skin
of our tired conversations

"i'm just tired"

over & over again,
your crooked smile is the
epitome of your excuses
and neglect; abandonment

i've been abandoned
hollowed-out
& broken more times
than i've smiled at
the thought of you

yet i never seem to
learn my lesson