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A Pinch
by Angela Yuriko Smith

I will pay you back

for the sins of my father—

bloody baptism.

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But you say it’s all too much: the bills

my habits, you call me high maintenance.

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You knew what I was. You answered

my ad. You responded to me all

despondent and sad. 

I sought lonely hearts.

You gave what you had. 

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I say it’s not enough: the kills

your face, so maintain me with competence.

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I will cut you free

from your loneliness and pain.

You might feel a pinch.

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Fiction © Copyright Angela Yuriko Smith
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com.

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Angela Yuriko Smith is an American poet, author and co-publisher of Space and Time magazine, a publication that has been printing speculative fiction, art and poetry since 1966. Together we build a poem as a community each month. Visit “Exquisite Corpse” at SpaceandTime.net to submit.

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