"Could you be my backup?"

The fragment bounced back against her skull

As she strode towards the roadside stall

Waiting,

for the boy who said

he loved her.

~•■•~

"Will you marry me?"

The ring kissed every trench of his palm,

As he whispered it aloud;

Her pupils dilated in

frenzied lustre

And almost made him wish

He wasn't going to

cheat on her sister.

~•■•~

The phrase cradled at her tongue

and she realised he didn't deserve her

and she broke at the way his eyes slipped

from her face to his shoulder;

Her tongue turned to sand and her lips turned to clay

But she gathered her luggage and

Walked away.

~•■•~

Two beasts walked into a shop.

One crumbled;

Two humans

walked out.