New
by Rauan Klassnik

    Orange flares
    Through the trees and window.
    You are quietly
    Buttoning your wedding
    And sometimes funeral suit.

    One day married,
    And listening
    To the quiet hate
    Of your shoes
    On the stairs,
    Your killing me
    Down in the kitchen.






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