tea and biscuits

Have I told you
I keep meaning
to invite you
for tea and biscuits
and then
the day gets filled
with things to do
and I close my eyes
and it is the next day
and we haven't talked
about tea and biscuits?

The things Theresa touches

The things Theresa touches
wilt,
rot
and die

She laughs

lisping
with a forked tongue

dancing round the bonfire
of fractured hopes

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         past hurts

take them out
         often
display
clutch
scrap
scratch
twist them
   until they hurt

archive them

repeat