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# Susan
- URL: https://www.merionwest.com/susan/
- Published: 2026-10-20T13:51:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-20T13:51:48.000Z
- Description: Chris Bullard
- Author: MW Editors
- Tags: Poetry, Arts

I google your name.  
Counterfeit Susans appear:  
gym coaches, sopranos, college deans.

The qualifier “artist”  
doesn’t bring your bio to light,  
nor does adding “deceased.”

You ghosted me when I forgot  
our date and left you at the restaurant.  
I lost my place in the picture.

Orange smoggy sunsets,  
Black scaffolds around ageing hotels.  
Cityscapes that won awards.

I retain them  
though the internet does not.  
My memory is the museum you wanted.

Regret colors everything  
like ageing varnish.  
I let you go. I gave your art away.

### [Chris Bullard](https://chrisbullardpoetry.com/?ref=merionwest.com), a native of Jacksonville, Florida, has published twelve books of poetry. He lives in Philadelphia, where he is currently in hospice care for lung disease.