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Four small words

Four small words
On her message bank
Four small words
Sent as thanks

Four small words
Standing out from the rest
Four small words
Taken out of context

– a kiss for you

Four small words
Sent in reply
Four small
Without thinking why

Four small words
So innocently compiled
Four small words
That lingered a while

- I miss your smile

But eight small words
That her partner has seen
Eight small words
That worked up his steam

Five small words
In the form of a query
Five sharp words
You could almost see

- Who the fuck is he?

Five small words
She hedged with a shirk
Five small words
He’s a bloke from work

Five later words
Should have bitten her lip
Five small words
Said with hands on hip

- He gives me a lift

Five small words
That started to burn
Five small words

- What do you in return?

Five small words
Said with a shrug
Five small words

- I give him a hug

Four small words
only been a week
Four small words
We hardly ever speak

Six small words
but he sent you a kiss
Six angry words
There’s more to it than this!

Eight small words
Sent as a text
Eight small words
It’s hardly phone sex

Four small words
Spat out with hate
Four small words

- You blew it, Kate!

Five small words
I knew you were rough
mumbled jumbled words
As he stomped off in a huff

So many assumptions
Confused and untrue
So many words
Contracted to two

-         We’re through!

Three small words
That seem so absurd
Three soft, sad words
That go unheard

- I am sorry

One small word
The one that you dread
one small word
better left unsaid

One small word
that cuts to the core
One small word
As he closed the door

- Goodbye

© eoin macdhugail January 2013

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