Julia Schorr

Attrition

I cut my hair, he didn't notice. I keep forgetting
to thank him for the milk Chocolate, sweaty
and sticky from his sweaty and sticky

hands. I fed it to his dog because I only eat dark.
Yesterday, I spotted a rusty smudge
on his pillowcase, and today, the same color

on his assistant. He should tell her how it makes her
eyes bulge. Every night he seems to fall
asleep closer to the edge of the California

king. I can't wait for the day he slips
off, onto the fan by the bedside. The
cat keeps knocking the cover off.

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Julia Schorr is a student at Salisbury University. She is an associate poetry and fiction editor for The SCARAB. Her poetry is forthcoming in Allegheny Review.