jealousy
I wasn’t about to give in
so I settled into letter writing
seven of them in seven days
eleven pages in all
never intended
for the daily mail
I read them one at a time
weeks having passed by
before committed to memory
having not the heart
to destroy them
I secured them in a lock box
in the post office
from there I would renew
my passport & never return again
february two thousand twenty-two
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