❝ p o l l y ❞

{ 33 }

you said it didn't matter

but it

did,

you always mattered

and so you told me

with a voice that wavered and

faltered

and quivered

like waves on a thunderous

day;

"that man back there,

he's my step-father, and

my mom is gone."

and I tried to hold your

hands but you didn't let me

and you looked away as you

mumbled,

"but

I don't want you to look at me

that way,

I don't want your

p i t y , jack."

-j.c.