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Part 2 of Poem-A-Day Challenge, Vol. 2
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2025-07-22
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Ghosted

Summary:

Interest, passionately given then abruptly withdrawn.

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Work Text:

he'll give you a lot at first
likes, hearts, comments, whetting your thirst

your mind constructs a future, you can't help it
then he stops replying to your texts; you throw a fit

you get voicemail, when you try to call
you tear your hair out, wondering where you dropped the ball

something to nothing, so sudden it feels like whiplash
out of fuel, your emotions crash

at this point, he must be trash
so you block and delete, and every memory you smash

only reclaims a tiny bit of your self-esteem
but you are better off, for realizing it was all a dream.

Notes:

Inspired by the memory of being ghosted, and the emotional turmoil that arises from being emotionally invested in inconsistent people.

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