Turns out I already had a poem titled "Pinned" both here, and in my MySpace blog. So I'm keeping the name of this one anyway.

Pinned 2
by Bunny-Chan

The red numbers show one past eight
and music starts
The song is Happy
and the tears fall again

Incense lights up
Thickening the scent in the air

I pause to think again

Apologies made sentimental,
with sugar and chocolate,
seem so much farther away

By the bridge and past the park,
invitations and sympathy
decorating lie upon lie
as the pieces fall apart.

But whatever happens
and whatever's gone by...

The memories are still sweet

As sweet as brown sugar and cinnamon