CL Bledsoe

When you get back to

your desk, notice that

your chair, your phone,

the vial you keep the true

prince’s tears in are still

there. They waited for you.

This is another way

of saying no.

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The thing about a dandelion

is when you’ve blown on it,

it’s gone. This is another way

of pretending that you knew

all along how bad loss

would get when it finally

left you.