it's Car On, not karen

my name
is Karen she says,
as you well know,
but for now on
I want it to be
pronounced
Car On.
it's the Danish
pronunciation, she says.
I'm part Danish by
the way. which makes
you immediately
think of all the Danish
she loves to eat with
her coffee.
I'm going with that
now. so try to remember.
Car On. let's do
a test run, say it out
loud.
you say it silently
to your self several
times. you know that
this will not go well.
already, she's set the bar
too high for your
once budding relationship.
the lactose thing,
the gluten issue,
no meat, all the chick
flicks you are forced
to see, and her white
poodle, fluffy
with the runny
eyes.
so you tell her.
Car On, I don't think
this is working out
anymore. how was that?
did I nail it?