drabble/poem/thing: Absence (V/O, G)

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title: Absence
author: stormatdusk
pairing: V/O
rating: G
word count: 100
disclaimer: this is just fiction. no offense intended.
summary/warning: an angsty Viggo perspective of Orlando's trip to Antarctica.





Absence


You’d be gone three weeks. Maybe four.
Don’t give up, you pleaded.
Wait. We’ll talk when I get back.

But where you’re concerned, I’ve the fears of an old man
And the patience of a child.

Three weeks. Maybe four. I’d use the time to
Clear my head
Flush you from my pores
Exorcise you from my soul.

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The newspaper I never buy lies open on the table
Proclaiming your return.

You’re looking at me
Asking the same question...

My traitorous heart answers.

It would seem that three weeks
Maybe four
At the bottom of the world
Wasn’t enough.


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