Mercury leaves
retrograde
tonight
as I enter
a Gamine
entertaining new possibilities
it is too tempting not to
ah but the tiny planet
still goes backwards
towards the witching hour
those first glances
that schoolyard dislike
the penultimate crush disguise
the bar is set
for
us
unmatched
we are
socks swirling
alone
in
the steel dryer
tucked ramshackle
in
the cedar chest
waiting to be matched
to be paired
but most often
rolled
with another
solitary
single
a ball
of
lost
but
not
tossed
away
OctPoWriMo 2018 Day 16
Like that ending.
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