POEM - (i tried)

i tried to forget. 
i tried everything
the coke, the coffee 
the cones 
the fifth or eighth 
drink, 
i still hear your name 
every time i walk into a 
new room; 
i still 
think of you 
every day. 
i watch life spin past 
i dispose of old goals 
old dreams for 
new one; 
girl, alone, runs about in 
your mystery cards
trying to 
snub it out 
and 
succeeds. 
i watch her suck and 
swallow and she holds me 
up, holds onto any 
chance of 
survival and 
i drive home, every single time, 
wondering where in this city 
you possibly are right now and 
why it is we playing this 
game so 
long. 
i never win at it, 
not once. 
- Charlotte Griffiths

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