By kevin urenda
Date: 10 February 2000

drawer

Nothing wounds as deeply
as being told 
"I love you"
in that
check's-in-the-mail
sort of way
that is as 
telling as the 
worn, scratched
and pitted 
band of gold
on the third finger
to show three strikes
and you are out
tossed in the rubbish
like the other items
that have been in the 
junk drawer of
your heart for too long

01/29/00