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Just an hour
of him hanging
onto my loving words
and remembering
the feel of my lips
moving with his

and he was ready
to take me back.

But I...
I had much less
happy things to hang onto
during that hour.
I remembered the words
he spat in my face,
and his grip on my wrist
turning angry.

And I was far from ready
for him to take me back.

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