But I wanted us to talk,
and so I answered,
to dust from chalk,
I pretended it sifted.
YOU ARE READING
From Mallory, To Jax
PoetryBefore leaving New York, Mallory Guzman leaves fifty-five quatrains for her ex boyfriend to explain why their relationship ended and why she never came back. -> Third place in the letters to my ex contest !
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But I wanted us to talk,
and so I answered,
to dust from chalk,
I pretended it sifted.