Challenge
what happened to us?
write a poem or prose using the theme or line written above.
A Break Up
What happened to us?
To the consensual animosity
and very real possibility
that we were each
the worst people on the planet?
What happened to make me
care so little about
that high-pitched way you talk
or how your foot turns in
ever so slightly when you walk?
Tell me: what happened?
You seemed to have stopped caring
about my annoying habit
of twisting my hairĀ around my finger
or how my breath always
smells slightly of coffee.
But that's fine, isn't it?
Because there are apparently
worse habits on this planet.
You seemed to have
packed up your bags,
moved on from mutual hate,
and, you know what?
I have too.
But I will always be bitter
that you beat me to it.
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