Scott Simpson · Poetry
Mistakes and Mirrors
Use For Kindling · source pages 79, 80
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Source page 79
Mistakes and Mirrors
Is it a pattern or a moment?
The question becomes a mirror.
Source page 80
You say I’m overreacting. You say,
“I was just tired.”
But I’ve counted. Three times
in two months— the same
swing of words.
If I were to leave, what story
would I tell? Would I say you broke
me? Or that I stopped letting you?
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