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An Anti-Love Poem
It seems that all poems
are sappy odes to girlfriends,
either ex or current.
It doesn't really matter which;
all end up sounding the same.
The writers are Shakesperean wannabes
who barely know an adjective from an adverb
And spend most of their time
learning to play 60s rock songs on guitar
sipping lukewarm herbal tea
and perfecting their obviously faux British accents,
Pausing only to string some words together
and calling the end result a poem.
I binge-read them
drinking in every last word
Like an alcoholic would
suck down every last drop of whiskey.
Not because they remind me of you
and what we used to be
But because I laugh
at these clingy, lovestruck poets.
Because after you, love, to me
is a dead language
And I pity those
who still speak it.
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