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Disregarded on Your Floor

Disregarded,
I lay like a paper cup
on your floor-
          the nymphs have long departed-
now only the memory 
of a feminine hand
          comforts me
as the coarse blanket
plays the part of a hair shirt.
          Your scent
has long since left me-
now I am a god dying 
          alone in a stale
apartment.