The Other Side of the Story
I think it’s just fair dinkum that you suffer repercussions
from the things you said to me during our last discussions.
I grant that breaking up is something that is hard to do,
but for sheer brutality, I give the prize to you.
I must say it’s unfathomable that you have forgotten
all those infidelities to which you’d never cotton.
I hate to raise old issues that we’d both rather ignore,
but before you pick your suitcase up to storm out of the door,
I feel I must remind you that the suitcase that you’ve packed
does not belong to you but is my favorite, in fact.
And the car you might intend to drive away in in a huff
packed with all “your” furniture and other handy stuff,
is registered to me, in fact, and all that’s packed inside
was paid for by my paycheck, and so it will reside
right here with me as you embark on your lonely shuffle
out into the cold with your belongings in a duffle.
Ta ta my dear malingerer, I hope that you do well
as you descend from easy street down to your private hell.
Prompt words for today are repercussions and dinkum,
and, since Your Daily Word hasn’t published their August prompts yet, I’m going to use the three prompts of theirs that I missed on the 26th, 27th and 28th while I didn’t have internet connection for three days: Raise, ignore and unfathomable.
A lonely shuffle indeed. So well written!
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Thanks,Miriam.
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💜🧡💛
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Judy,
I felt every bit of the anger, hurt, and heartache in the words. But also the triumph of taking back one’s power and not being used or taken advantage of any longer. Great poem!
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Thanks, Regina. Luckily fiction.
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That’s the spirit! I know it’s fiction, Judy, but very well expressed.
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Brilliant one!
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I love when the one defending goes on the offense in a big way!
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And good riddance, too!
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Well done! Can’t let him take what is rightfully yours!
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Especially her favorite suitcase!!
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