Dear T----,
Your heart was an aquarium
stocked with languid jellyfish -
those who tested the waters
were brushed with stings
that left red welts wide
as fingers. Seven bars told us
not to come back after
you went wild and green;
I missed the hunter's bar
most of all, where you shattered
a pint glass after a blonde
waitress winked; she was blithe,
even innocent; you never cared -
everyone lit your subatomic fuse.
Now I hear you've married,
maybe doing better; no more
are you the scorpion fossil
in the amber of my recollection.
I still tell people a little of you,
your crucifying betrayal with
the storybook man. Ah, but
that's how it so often goes:
death-engined trainwrecks
meeting on a bridge trestle -
neither of us escaped unscathed.
You captured one of the best
years of my life in your eager
swallows, but it ended in
an emergency room.
Despite it all, I hope you're well,
Respectfully,
Evan
May 13
May 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM UTC
Dear T----,
Your heart was an aquarium
stocked with languid jellyfish -
those who tested the waters
were brushed with stings
that left red welts wide
as fingers. Seven bars told us
not to come back after
you went wild and green;
I missed the hunter's bar
most of all, where you shattered
a pint glass after a blonde
waitress winked; she was blithe,
even innocent; you never cared -
everyone lit your subatomic fuse.
Now I hear you've married,
maybe doing better; no more
are you the scorpion fossil
in the amber of my recollection.
I still tell people a little of you,
your crucifying betrayal with
the storybook man. Ah, but
that's how it so often goes:
death-engined trainwrecks
meeting on a bridge trestle -
neither of us escaped unscathed.
You captured one of the best
years of my life in your eager
swallows, but it ended in
an emergency room.
Despite it all, I hope you're well,
Respectfully,
Evan
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