Expiration Date
When she told him
Hey,
You’re the best thing
That’s ever happened
To me,
It felt amazing
To him,
But he regrets
Not checking
The expiration date
On what she said
When she said it.
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Taylor Dibbert is a writer, journalist, and poet in Washington, D.C. He’s author of the Peace Corps memoir Fiesta of Sunset, and the forthcoming poetry collection Home Again.