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On the benefits of ghosting
You try to summon me,
Agent provocateur.
Spritz my favourite scent.
Faux pleasantries,
a bouquet
in the boneyard.
You’ve become
a bloodhound
haunting
all the places that
I used to go.
Texts go
unanswered, calls
to voicemail.
I’m not there.
I’m not here.
I’m not anywhereDonna, based in Rangiora, New Zealand, has been published in *300 Days of Sun*, *Havik*, *Fieldstone Review*, *New Myths*, *Bacopa Literary Review*, and more. Her chapbook, *The Oracle of Birds: Short Stories for the Fireside*, was published by Written Tales, and her debut full poetry collection, *In Silver Majesty*, was released by erbacce press in 2024.
Thank you for sharing this Kevin 😊