Not That "Kitty Kat"

An Audio Poem

It was a “Whatever” kind of day. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt. Enhanced (Cartoon-style) via Google Gemini

A mutual friend of ours
didn't know who we were,
and she asked... casually,
so, I told her.

The gasp in her voice made
me laugh.
"I would have NEVER guessed."
Yeah, I wouldn't have, either.

That was then, it damn sure
ain't now.

I am learning that letting go
of a woman who wanted to
be let go is the freest freedom
that could have ever freed
someone.

I remember you dropping
close to a grand on a
Beyoncé concert, but failed to
drop me more of your time
after I dropped $500.00
on luggage that's not going
anywhere.

Trips... we'll never take together.
Sunsets... we'll never see together.
Breaking headboards in the
middle of the night...
That'll never be us.

And as I settle in the deepest
parts of my foam-enhanced
chair for my aching back,
I remember the gift certificate
you got for me to get a massage
that I keep forgetting to use...

I keep forgetting to use...
Or maybe I'm not using it
because it came from you--and
I don't want to turn around
and see one more thing
that has YOU all over it.

I can't.
I won't.
I shouldn't.
I’m done.

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