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Writer’s Digest Wednesday Poetry Prompt #486: Waste

June 26, 2019October 22, 2019 / Sarah Lea Stories / Leave a comment

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Getting Their Word’s Worth

His words were wasted on the masses,
hers, on him.
He ran out of breath,
she, out of patience.
He found true happiness
in the woman who could not speak,
& she,
in a boardroom of men
who had no choice
but to listen.

Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 486

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