The Waiting Game

Double Etheree:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

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Pace
Stop, stare
Time seems still
Resume the pace
The phone rings, heart leaps
"You just won all your dreams!"
Angry, hang up. Where is he?
Silence save the ticking wall clock
And her heart beating painfully loud
He said he would call when he was outside.

An hour has passed, her carpet worn through
from the pacing and waiting for him
The suspicion creeps up slowly
Being played, a foolish girl
He never planned to come
Phone rings suddenly
"We are done, babe"
Broken heart
painful
tears