What did you do with
your relationship
did you leave it
and what about the house
did you sell it
and your dog
did you give it
away
and that car
did you junk it
and that novel
did you finish writing it
and that plan to move
to Maui
did you scrap it
and what about your degree
did you get it
and that winning smile
do you still have it
and the attitude
did you maintain it
and what about our
friendship
do you still treasure it
or did it somehow
get away like
your parrot
which used to say
“Forgetaboutit”
over and over
because those
were the only words
you ever taught it
Ivan Jenson’s Absolut Jenson painting was featured in Art News, Art in America, and Interview magazine. His art has sold at Christie’s, New York. His poems have appeared in Word Riot, Zygote in my Coffee, Camroc Press Review, Haggard and Halo, Poetry Super Highway, Mad Swirl, Alternative Reel Poets Corner, Underground Voices Magazine, Blazevox, and many other magazines, online and in print. Jenson is also a Contributing Editor for Commonline magazine. Ivan Jenson’s debut novel Dead Artist is now available as a paperback and on Amazon Kindle and Nook. His next novel a psychological thriller entitled Seeing Soriah is due to be published this year by Hen House Press New York.
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