they say
a clean break
heals better

when
she left
it was a spiral
fracture
a spinal
crushing

the only thing
clean
was the way
she got
away
the way
she told everyone
it was
my fault
the way
she made it seem
as if she
was never really
here

they don’t make
casts
to fit
a broken mind

she would probably
just sign it
with a big
cartoon
heart
before stabbing me
in the eye
with
the marker.

they say
a clean break
heals better

but some broken
is beyond
repair.