Laura

was her name and she once had flowers

growing out of her hair –

they were usually blue flowers, because

she was always feeling blue

but that was when he was still around.

that was when he still called her darling and they

went for walks and watched movies but they didn’t really

because they were too busy making out.

that was yesterday

and yesterday was a thousand billion years ago,

it was before the visigoths sacked rome and

before the dinosaurs and the neanderthals.

yesterday was a thousand billion years

before the big bang

or was it after?

she didn’t know, couldn’t remember anymore

because when he left, he took away everything

she ever was and ever will be.

she didn’t even feel blue anymore because

she never feels anything anymore.