the fortune in the cookie

settling back
in my chair after a full
meal, having devoured too much
crispy beef at Peking Gourmet,
I break open the fortune
cookie,
it reads so true.
today
you'll be with the love
of your life.
she will
make you happy
and you will make her happy
too.
it's a long
fortune, it goes
on and on.
it's a scroll, rolled
up in the sweet
stale ribbons of
the cookie. trust your
gut,
it reads. move on
from the past mistakes
and enjoy the rest
of your life.
you deserve someone
like her. you've been
through hell and back.
no more.
she's wonderful,
beautiful, honest
and true. have a good
life together.
it's time, it's way
overdue.