The Picinic
The two of them sat
face to face by the banks
of the narrow stream
smoking cigarettes, throwing stones,
and dismantling
their lives.Hoping
to find the lie
that had drawn them
together.
Each timber
carefully considered. The faulty
cast into the stream. To be
carried away.
While her parents
and his wife waited
Downstream. They rescued
every discarded
piece.
Saving them up. Keeping the meticulous
Inventory of a child sorting Legos.
Forcing them back on her
as material
to build her own pillory.
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