self-absorbed

sponge imagery to describe what it means to be self absorbed.

i laid myself
across the pores
from which he leaked
him self. i soaked him in and wrung
us out, but still,
he never stayed. he left

me once, he left me
twice, i returned to him
for thrice, but on the fourth:

the self absorbed man
he is proved himself a sponge
limp but without
a spine or remorse.