Poetry by Melodie Yvonne

Originally published online Feb 7, 2017 & in the print collection Photographic Memories: Deux Mille Dix-Sept — available here

22 Steps to Leaving You by Melodie Yvonne

Twenty-two steps to leaving you
It’s what I am, it’s what I do
Twenty-two steps to leaving you
Now I’m gone, and now we’re through

One, two, three
Walk over me
Two, three, four
Shut the door
Five, six
You’re such a bitch
Seven, eight
FUCK your fate
Nine, ten
Your life’s a sin
Eleven, twelve
Go to Hell

One, two, three
I can’t breathe
Two, three, four
I’m on the floor

Thirteen, fourteen
This is routine
Fifteen, sixteen
Wish you’d just leave
Seventeen, eighteen
Wipe the slate clean
Nineteen, Twenty
FUCK your money
Twenty-one
I’m on the run
Twenty-two
And FUCK you too

One, two, three
You’re over me
Two, three, four
I’m not your whore
Five, six
Suck your own dick
Lucky seven
You’ll be beggin’

Twenty-two steps to leaving you
Now I’m gone, and now we’re through
Twenty-two steps to leaving you
Is twenty-one more than I should do

Twenty-two steps to leaving you
Now I’m gone, and now we’re through
Twenty-two steps to leaving you
I love you, but now we’re through

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