Poetry Adam McMillan Poetry Adam McMillan

Value

It is not a “given thing”;
these words shall not be owned.
Your past may prove it tameable,
but love shall not be loaned,
or whored out for the price you paid
for failing to address
that value in your words ain’t made
by how they can undress.

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Poetry Adam McMillan Poetry Adam McMillan

Artifacts

As I cleaned my room,
I gathered up your forgotten trinkets
and runaway accessories,
and set them down atop the ledger,
open at the page – a conscious choice –
that notes the 10yr plan you suggested I explore;
each artifact displayed beside the dreams I’ll build with you.

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