We were in love.
We were like a pair of gloves
But, as often happens to gloves,
We drifted apart.
I found you
And you were smitten
With a much younger, richer and more attractive
Mitten.
(Originally published in Exclamation Marx!, Silhouette Press, 2016)
Neil Laurenson has read at the Wenlock Poetry Festival and Ledbury Poetry Festival and will be reading at The Quiet Compere at Worcestershire Lit Fest event in Worcester in June. His debut pamphlet, Exclamation Marx!, was published by Silhouette Press earlier this month.
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