(Please)
You should stay…
(just) because.
(Please)
Let’s talk…
(busy) later.
(Please)
Let’s get hitched…
(allergic) bye.
(Please)
Why did you…
(safe) bored.
(Please)
One more fuck…
(sick) erectile dysfunction.
(Please)
Ready for kids…
(expensive) ugly.
(Please)
Pray for…
(agnostic) sore throat.
(Please)
End workday…
(bottles) glass of wine.
(Please)
Hear your…
(silence) cable television.
(Please)
Cat-fight…
(911) police.
(Please)
Out of bed…
(make me) pronto.
(Please)
Don’t go…
Go.
(Please)
Don’t go now…
Now.
(Please)
Just stay…
Leave.
(Please)
Life is limited…
yours committed.
(Please)
Keep it.
Chris Mardiroussian is a graduate student at California State University, Long Beach. In 2018, he won First Prize in the Cinema Italian Style Film Festival (sponsored by the prestigious American Cinematheque in Los Angeles) for his short film entitled IL BREAKUP, which he co-wrote and produced. In 2017, he co-wrote a collection of poetry entitled HONESTY. LOVES. CRUELTY. His work has appeared in Bloom Magazine, BOMBFIRE, Soul Talk Magazine, Sunstroke Magazine, Ice Lolly Review, and elsewhere. He lives in Glendale, California.