By Madelyn Rosenberg

The steamer couldn't vanquish the chocolate
Or blackberry jam
Or muddy prints from a size six shoe.
If only we'd known
We wouldn't have bothered
Erasing the pencil marks on the doorframe.
A year of your life
Wiped out by one small stub of pink rubber
For a rental deposit
We would never get back.

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