i thought about him
when I saw the stranger in the
brown coat buying tulips.
it made me think of the night
he gave them to me,
told me he’d never leave me.
he hadn’t lied.
i thought i’d known what i wanted
when i walked out the door.
so i went home
picked up the phone book
since i’d long forgetten
i cried when a woman answered
hung up
and threw away my tulips
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