Salem by Melissa Faifer

Salem

by Melissa Faifer

What happens to a love expired?

Does it melt away

like a snowman by fireside?

Or vanish like a nymph--

and then hide?

Does it smell like moldy stew?

Or stick and scab over--

like imprisoning glue?

Maybe it just sinks

like a shipwrecked boat.

Or does it still float?