i made a girl

out of 12pt. font

 

and the girl

smiled with her white teeth

and threw her blank inky hair

back

 

…………………..and suddenly i didn’t know

the girl

who i had called my best friend

 

then she ran away

grasping my string of inky black words

right from the back of my throat

 

and that girl i made out of 12pt font

brushed me by as she left

and laughed sweetly

 

because she knew i was powerless

to stop her

 

~she was my friend before she was a word thief