"The infrastructure of our relationship is fraying"
she said
"The expenditure thus far has not achieved the expected results"
I answered
"It's my policy to forge relationships based on mutual trust"
she said with a glance
"trust but verify, otherwise it's chaos"
I said in stride, thinking, "who is on deck?"
"unlike others, you just don't share my vision"
she frowned. "This may be the last mile".
"I guess my mind is just in the gutter"
I said in disgust
And it was over.
Author notes: word bank:gutter, expenditure, infrastructure, forge, deck, unlike, policy, chaos, stride, glance, vision, mile https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783511-Word-Bank--3-
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