I O U

i o u
by Michael R. Burch

i might have said it
but i didn’t

u might have noticed
but u wouldn’t

we might have been us
but we couldn’t

u might respond
but probably shouldn’t

Keywords/Tags: Impasse, Defeat, Alienation, Divorce, Break Up, Breaking Up, Parting, Separation, Loss, Lost Love, Goodbye, Farewell, Absence, Leaving, Solitude, Deadlock, Logjam, Stalemate, Standstill, Halt, Dead End, Cul-de-sac, Bind, Bottleneck, Box, Corner, Mire, Pickle, Gridlock, Rubicon, Dunkirk, Alamo, Waterloo, Lost Cause, Downfall, Stumbling Block, Monkey Wrench
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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