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A Villanelle

We almost stayed there the whole night, a debt we thought we’d owe I spent that time talking to you And said how we should go Did we error in sharing everything, even our biting woe? You helped me and I helped you too But paid less than was owed Winter came, and how we felt the coldness of the snow! You told me I’m an okay screw But now I ought to go But in our house our love lingered, it’s putrid status quo Heaped on our floor a pile accrued Of debts we came to owe We let our shame gestate in you, then cut it from below We’re too young to know what to do Too poor to pay the debts we owe I guess that I should go
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May 4, 2013
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