December Advent Challenges

The Gift

It was unwanted.
I could not return it,
Throw it away.

Under the mistletoe
He had gifted it,
Trapped in the doorway
Like a hooked fish.
The way he reeled me in,
“Jenny,
Can you give me a hand?”

He said.
I was willing,
But then it came –
My face aghast!

Too late he
Realised
The mistake.

That we were only friends.



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