But you left me with an adverb
Three letters that forever changed what was
And what could have been
Three letters that showed no reciprocity
Just an obligation
Instead of exclamations or question marks
All hung in a single ellipsis
While we exchanged conjunctions
Without any periods
We were forced to divide our nouns
Carefully arranging pronouns
Remembering previous prepositions
Until finally
Not a single article remained
So before I closed the door for the last time
I offered you a final interjection
Author Bio:
Roberta Borger is originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil, but she's currently pursuing her PhD at Binghamton University, in New York. Her poems and short stories have appeared in Lux, the Acentos Review, and On the Rusk.