Curated

 By Dale Parnell


Losing her
felt like drowning in wool,
a thick, clumsy lump in my throat,
the strands
knotted
around my tongue
with all the begged chances
she wouldn’t hear.

It took ten minutes to pack her things -
Cherry-picked from the gallery we had curated
together,
and I realised
how little of herself
she had ever shared,
how little our lives
touched.


Dale Parnell lives in Staffordshire, England with his wife and their imaginary dog, Moriarty. Dale has had over twenty poems published, but he doesn't feel like he can call himself a poet. You can find Dale on Facebook and Instagram @shortfictionauthor.

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