Are you a member of The Midnight Losers Club?

 

A piece evoking heartbreak, initiation, and resilience through friendship. 

Relating to a club which may not exist in the literal sense, but exists in the spiritual.

A club for those who have felt broken, but lifted by others who have probably been through the same rituals linked to heartbreak.

Title.

Are you a member of The Midnight Losers Club?

(A lone voice whispers) 

I joined last night

Went through the initiation 

Got my heart broken in two

Took proof

Showed them all on the big screen 

A picture of my ex-husband smiling as I stood crying

Now I wear the secret brand under my right sleeve in French.

Une fois brisés, nous nous relevons grâce à l'amitié

Car nous sommes membres du Midnight Losers Club 

(Once broken but we rise through friendship 

For we are members of The Midnight Losers Club) 

(C) Copyright John Duffy

  

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