As I picked your jacket off the floor,
in the pocket was your striped tie,
there was lipstick smeared upon it,
slowly my teardrops filled my eyes.
You told me you were at the office,
you had to stay till work was done,
instead of burning the midnight oil,
you were with another having fun.
Last week was Christmas morning,
the silk tie was a present from me.
blue and white, your favorite colors,
I placed it under the Christmas tree.
It is not going to be a Happy New Year,
the pink lipstick has told on you,
they say the night has a thousand eyes,
your tie has told me, you were untrue.
I place the tie back into the pocket,
tomorrow will my heart break in two,
the answer you give to my questions,
will ease my mind, or we are through.
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Written October 8th, 2004
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awwwww, Sandy thanks for writing another cool poem!!! the video/picture of Bill Clinton was hilarious!!! have a nice day, -slick99
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Oh WOWZA!Dump that lil stinker! This poem is really good. I like you how said the pink lipstick gave gim away. Very creative! Thanks for sharing
Mylee -
Awwww hope you dumped him!Honesty always prevails over infidelity,we just need to find the strength to get through it ,the grass is never greener on the other side.This made sadder with the mention of it being at xmas time ,but there is no "good "time for it is there
Great write on a painful tpoic
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WONDERFUL COMMENT
Thanks a bunch Bradley. Yes there are too many people cheating in this world today.
Have a wonderful day, Grandma. 
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Awww, poor you, silly cheating men, tut tut, very good poem grandma
best wishes as always
grandson
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Thank you reading and commenting on my poem. This was a great contest. Very original. Take care, Sandy
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I personally think you should be through no matter what. He'll try to talk himself out of it, and you shouldn't let him. But as a poem, I think you came out of the starting blocks a little anxious. You hit us with the punch-line immediately. I might suggest leading into that a little slower. I liked the concept. Thanks for entering.
Peace,
Lo
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Thank you for the kind words Rebeka. I always appreciate your comments. Take care, Sandy
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he did you a huge favor by getting out of your life, you deserve so much better.
lovely poem Sandy
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Thank you Susan for reading my poem and leving a nice comment. Take care, Sandy
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Oh man I jsut read the above comment... I see he never heard the saying... Discretion is the better part of valor... Good to know you can drag him through the poetic muck so well.
I did like the poem sorry it has such a ring of truth to it...
Susan -
Yea this was him again. My one and only true love.Met him high school, married 13 years. Only the lipstick wasn't on a tie it was all over his mouth and cheeks. Too stupid or too drunk to wipe it off. At least he gives me lots of material for my poems. *giggle Thanks so much pozo
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A very sad poem, it's a shame you've been through so much hardship because of this man but he was your first love (if that's who you're writing about here) and I'm glad you've found someone who was nicer Just my interpretation, it could of course be a purely fictional write A great poem which was excellently written, as per usual, good luck in the contest- you used the idea of ties excellently
Thanks for commenting on my poem You're right, often the women are worse than the men but I'm not sure if murdering your own child as a mother or murdering thousands as a so-called 'doctor' is worse.
A great write here, God bless and I love your author page,
Pozo
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Thanks so much for the nice comment. It is appreciated. It isn't true anymore, I left him years ago. I'm glad you liked it. Take care, Sandy
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awww man.. is this true for you???
well.. i personally liked this stanza:
It is not going to be a Happy New Year,
the pink lipstick has told on you,
they say the night has a thousand eyes,
your tie has told me, you were untrue.
nicely written. i like that a lot. sad.. but a very emotion-filled write. wish i could say sorry and make it all go away. i know this has happened to one person in particular and it breaks my heart.. many happy wishes, and better to know than to not i suppose. -
Your mother is so right. Although there are some terrific guys out there. My brother-in-law is one. Out of my five brothers, all of them cheated at least once, some more. Thanks for the comment. It is appreciated Take care, Sandy
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Thank for the funny comment. They always bring a smile. Your comments are funnier then the poems. You should put them all in a book. Have you ever had anything published? You are quite the writer. Take care, Sandy
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This is a great poem. It's very sad and it is all too true for so many people. I think everyone has been cheated on at least once in their lifetime. So this hits home for pretty much everyone. My mom always told never depend on a man. No guy has ever showed me that she was wrong. Great write.
shari -
would you like me and cohen to go round and duff the swine up, well cohen will do the duffing, i will hold his collar, make sure it doesn't get dirty lol
a good poem, i think many will find this to be true in the future sadly, and more than likely it has happened many times in the past.
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