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26 August 2020

Cinnamon

she took a piece     delicious little tart     I spun her some yarn     on the off chance      she still harboured     any romantic illusions     I dished out      some tired old boiler plate     straight from the top shelf     an awkward confection     of fractured truths      and outright posture      

she said somebody stole her cinnamon     but that someone wasn’t me     by the time I got to her      she was shelling it gratis     to every punk drifter    who cast her a glad eye

I was aware of her derelict status      and her approximate  cliché      she’d cut a raw deal from life      she dreamed of adulation      but settled for acceptance      it was always quid pro quo with her     she always returned affection     because she felt obliged      I told her she was easy      she did not reply

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