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Pearly Whites Mar 2013
Five in the morning
she called me up
I'll be busy today
Could you take care of Whiskers
my cat?


Ain't nobody got time for that
I thought
I'll be there at 6
I said

Seven o'clock
I rang the doorbell
You're late
Have you ever taken care
of a cat before?


You should be glad I'm even at your door
I thought
Leave me a note, I'll be sleeping a few more hours
I said

Lunch time
I awoke with a jolt
What the ****
are you doing
scratching my ******* face?


And so I gave the cat a chase
I thought,
I didn't sign up for this.

Four in the afternoon
she called me up
I'll be home by five
Did you even look at
my note?


Could barely understand what you wrote
I thought
I didn't sign up for this
I said

Nobody forced you
She said

It's not like I had a choice
I thought
It's not like I had a choice
I said

Five on the dot
She rang the doorbell
Where's my little Whiskers?
Where's my baby?
Was the big bully mean to you?


Save your breath, the cat bid adieu
I thought
It's gone. I chased it out
I said

What the ****
she screamed
The **** did you do
she blamed
Where the **** is my cat?
she demanded

I freed Whiskers
I said

What the ****
she screamed
The **** did you do
she blamed
Don't you ******* love me anymore?
she demanded

No

Curiosity killed our love
and I freed Whiskers
ba-dum-tss (This work is pure fiction.)
Pearly Whites Mar 2013
Monochrome photographs capture muted screams
Listen:

The silence is deafening.
Have you heard of Noam Galai? Perhaps not. You've probably seen him though.
Pearly Whites Feb 2013
Red wire, blue wire.
There's something I think you ought to know.

10

You would never believe me if I told you that
all this time, I knew we wouldn't last.

9

Our friendship, the ticking time bomb
just waiting for its moment, a tremendous explosion.

8

The unstoppable force met
the immovable object.

7

I dared to move,
shock,
shatter
and change.

6

You were certain,
steadfast,
serious
and stubborn.

5

Red wire, blue wire.
We can never work this out.

4

It's not you, it's me.
How I wish I could say the words!

3

It's definitely you,
it could be
bits of me.

2

I was arrogant.
You did not waver.

1

Red wire, blue wire.
We chose to sever both.

0

Two pairs of hands blood-soaked.
Written in August 2012.
Pearly Whites Feb 2013
I marveled at                            every sunspot,
every freckle on            your naked body.
With my fingers,
I traced them
as though I
were plotting a map,
and I had               set a course
which led to                      your perfection.
Pearly Whites Feb 2013
A
tasty little
treat to get me
through the night,
an after-dinner mint
I take with great
delight.
Written in 2012.
Pearly Whites Aug 2012
We hugged.
My heart leapt.
I wonder if she noticed?
She made me feel something I thought I wouldn't again.
Pearly Whites Aug 2012
Someone else's family is


always



more    appealing       than           my own.
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