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Literary (Submission): Bill Out

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I. Starters

They nibbled quietly
On polite bluffs.
The tang of loneliness
Left a bitter stain
On their lips.

II. Entreé

They cried and swallowed
Deep sighs.
Heated words,
Never uttered,
Left their tongues blistered
And burnt.

III. Dessert

They dipped
Broken promises
Into molten apologies.
The waft
Of caramel yesterdays
Made not
Their mouths water,
But their eyes
Fill with tears.

IV. Apertif

They were both so full
And empty
Of things that weighed them down both
So they sat up,
And smiled,
And called for one
Last toast.