Valentines Day

[Counselor]

It's o our anniversary today. Five years. No idea what I was supposed to give this year, pretty sure it wasn't what she got. It's our last, and we both know it. I tried not to ruin things and keep the conversation light and happy, but for all my efforts we are both rewarded in tears, now I am drunk and "Under The Sheets" plays in my head. Tonight I am again a reptile, stealing even her name with her warmth, wishing to shed skin to show the wyrm within.

I don't even know why I'm here, of all places. I am lost and paralyzed, the velveteen rabbit forgotten in the rain.