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Sad & Cautionary

from Staring at a Ruin by jeremy r.r.

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yesterday i found a letter
that you had sent sometime before
i left your town
crying

was it just sentence
you got out with good behavior and time spent
it was never love
was it?

is that a story you tell?
do your lovers know it well?
is it a call to arms or
is it a warning?

is it a joke with a punchline
of what can happen at night
when the smoke gets in your eyes
was it the wine or the whiskey?

i heard you settled for someone
are you glad it’s not me?
did you make up your mind real quick?
was it easy?

do you call it a night
when he turns off the light
or are you watching the sunrise
lying in his arms, smiling?

is that a story you tell?
do your daughters know it well?
a tale at once so sad and
cautionary

is it a prince and a princess?
or is it more or less a car crash
that left just one witness,
crying?

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from Staring at a Ruin, released April 3, 2020

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jeremy r.r. Vienna, Austria

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