A Dear-John Epistle

the diamond
     he thought he plucked
          is not
               the real McCoy. 

huge thunderbolt he...
     never saw
          coming! 
               his main squeeze

dumps him
     with dear john
           epistle. 
                long-distance love dies...

he's swapped for another! 
     a... 
         soldier long deployed. 

                     (yalto)

"Yalto" is a form invented by yours truly
Lines 1-15: 3,4,2,4,5,3,2,3,2,3,3,5,6,1,5 syllables
Date written: 02/13/2022
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Kyser Avatar
February 13, 2022 at 4:19 PM
Nice! (well, not being dumped, but...)
Ibeh Avatar
February 13, 2022 at 4:31 PM
Hahaha! Thank you, Jeff:-)
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