Voicemail

from Glitter and Shoe Inserts: a collection of odditties by Work Ethic

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Please pick up the phone

*ringing*

Hi! You’ve reached the voicemail of Rose. (Giggling in the background) Leave a message if you want.

My darling rose,
Why won’t you call me back
I've lost track —of all the reasons I’ve messed up
I said I loved you and that wasn’t enough
We could’ve been enough

It isn’t fair that I’m cleaning up this mess
Wearing your black dress
Grasping at the wheel
(Small laugh) how do you heal when you’re crumbling from the inside
What’s the point of school if they couldn’t show me how to keep from feeling blue
Or better yet teach me how to reach for you
To stop me from missing you

I won’t allow myself to feel any bit happy
I am a factory reset, numb but muscles tense, cannot rest
Maybe now you’ll get some rest
Is this some kind of test— I imagine you will come in from the balcony, cold tea in your mug, saying that you’d stay tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow and today
And if today is already tomorrow, then you’ll give me another day

What should I do with all your stuff
The mail is piling up on the counter
And now I’m whistling that song that you used to sing in the morning sunlight pouring ‘cross the bed

I know I should’ve been by your side
Promising not to lie
I need you tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow and today
And if today is already tomorrow, then give me another day
That’s what you used to say
My darling rose

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from Glitter and Shoe Inserts: a collection of odditties, released October 31, 2020

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