My Suzette - John Grey

So what happened
to your resolution
to give up killing.
Starting when?

Last night, you said
that bloodlust was behind you.
Yet you broke your promise somewhere
between a walk in the park
and the drunk you saw
tottering from the bar.

So what other vows
have you broken of late?
Are you still seeing Vince?
Are you on the needle again?

You drop a severed hand
at my feet. mutter,
"I’ll never do it again."

Just like you.
Soften me up with a gift.

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John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Leading Edge, Poetry Salzburg Review and Hollins Critic. Latest books, “Leaves On Pages” “Memory Outside The Head” and “Guest Of Myself” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in The Fifth Di, Space and Time and Holy Flea.