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Melissa Smock

Hook, Line, and Sink Her

I’ll treat you like shit
And you’ll love me.
I’ll love you so much—
That I’ll treat you like shit.
I’ll close doors in your face.
Pull your seat back too far.
Watch you fall deeper and deeper—
In love with me.
I’ll slam the car door and
Catch your fingers in between
Hear you scream and confess
Your undying love for me.
I won’t send you flowers.
I’ll make you road kill stew
And you’ll ask me where I went to cooking school
While checking the pot for seconds.
After dinner, I’ll fall asleep between your legs
And you’ll say I’m your best fuck yet,
Pressing your lips around a glass of wine,
Bragging to your friends how you’ve found the one.
When I take you out,
I’ll make sure never to tell you—
How pretty you are.
Instead, I’ll tell you how fat that dress makes you look.
I won’t change for you—
You’ll change for me,
And tell me how you’d die without me,
And I’ll let you.

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