she has wet the bed for two days straight
she's going backwards in life
she mops the urine with a paper towel
afraid it has seeped down to the mattress
her mind flashes back to another mattress
the one where she was pinned to
the one that had a sweat stain on
when they were finished
the one she caressed Dumbo on
the mattress she cannot forget
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Pastry
Poetrypastry noun a sweet baked food made of dough It's amazing how something so sweet could crumble so easily For the second time, enter the mind of a girl in her late teens trying to cope with the loss of her identity. (Book 2 of the "Ash" poetry tri...
