fatigue, a heavy blanket
purchased with 11 years
of hollow kisses and
jagged one liners
settles over the woman
before she can swallow
a handful of herbs for
the pain which returns
when her man force feeds
her testosterone and four
letter suitcases full of
his failures while the rain
on the rooftops echoes
the sound of tears
on a sink full of dirty dishes

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