Poem: Do Not Reply

Do Not Reply

Words: Deniz Zeynep
Image: Neely Johnson
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my darling,
i can’t come.

STOP

stella has found out
about you and i.

STOP

i’ve ordered us champagne,
i’ve ordered us cigarettes,
i’ve even asked for the seaside suite.

STOP

will you enjoy them for me?

STOP

as for me,
i will be a love-lost barbarian
chasing barbiturates with seltzer
in our gloomy hometown weather.

STOP

will you wear the green hat
i bought for you? 

STOP

tilt it to the side
and you are Marlene Dietrich’s twin.


STOP

think of me,
i will be the bubbles you will drink;
i will be the embers in your ashtray;
i will be the sand stuck to your towel.

STOP

cheers, to our
our modern romance.

STOP

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