Petri Turner

Petri Turner

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Petri Turner is a wife, mother of three, and retired Verizon employee who is embarking on her dream career as a writer. She is a long-time resident of Brockton and frequent host and contributor to the Brockton Public Library Poetry Series.

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When the affair ends

Even a favorite song

Changes melody

You just flicked away

The remains of my being

You had not consumed

This empty feeling

Has become so familiar

It echoes my name

I apologize

For being the result of

A choice you regret

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