I'M Not Sorry
Lipogram A – Free Verse – I’m Not Sorry
I’m not sorry
For ripping to shreds
the invented future you drew
Between the person I will never be
Plus the person you’ve forever been.
I formed by body to serve—me.
Not you. Not your love. Not
The style in which you disgustingly beg for connection.
Me.
So I’m not sorry.
I felt nothing when you cried
Or implored me to forgo
My own mind
For the hopes I’d rescue yours.
I’m not concerned for yours.
I hope you cry rivers until even the levees
Flood in your misery. Until I’m drowned in your
Self-pity.
I will never be your toy.
I’m not sorry.
June 5, 2021
Lipogram (A) Contest – Emile Pinet
Copyright © Jordan Hoffman | Year Posted 2021
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