Muted peel, forgotten bell;
the broken seal
of a shotgun shell.
Skin unbound, denuded, free;
a bloodless sound
where your ring would be.
Empty pall, a phantom limb,
where leaves that fall
sing a dirge-like hymn.
Though the sting is fresh and new,
I miss my ring
but I don’t miss you.
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