Last of the Lasts - PAD Day 23

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Last of the Lasts

Her parents said

it would never last, but

she kept on giving him

one  last chance.

They say you’re always

the last to know,

but, oh honey, she knows.

 She’d always thought

that leaving was

the last thing she’d do,

but last night

was the last straw –

she’s through.

She wouldn’t stay now

(not even if he was

the last man on earth.)

But before she takes that

last bus, last train,

last flight out,

she leaves a note,

her last goodbye;

and burns his belongings

in a backyard bonfire.

(Because, she

who laughs last,

laughs best.)

PSC / 2017-Apr

My offering for Day 23 of Robert Lee Brewer's Poem-a-Day (PAD).

Assignment: a "Last (blank)" poem