You took my bliss, stripped me of warmth, a bandit of sorts.
You broke me, fled.
I’m guessing you think you had the last word, dear, but I’ve got a few. The July sun’s rising-rising-rising, flesh stinging as I scribble-scribble, plenty, to your pregnant wife on our fancy hotel stationery.
Angela Carlton’s fiction has been published in Every Writer, Everyday Fiction, Pedestal Magazine, 6S, 50 Word Stories, Spillwords Press, The Dribble Drabble Review and Friday Flash Fiction. In 2022, “A Jigsaw Life,” a collection of stories was released. In 2023, her story “Swallowed,” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. See more at Angela Carlton Stories on Facebook.