again.
the love of her life has gone south.
literally.
Florida to be exact.
St. Petersburg.
how could he do this to me,
she says.
i don't understand,
we were meant to be together.
soul mates.
our astrology charts match up.
we scored the same
on the Myers-Briggs test.
we have the same personalities
in the five languages of love book.
we're both needy
and delusional.
we both like rescue dogs
and Chinese food.
i hear her blow her nose.
wiping her eyes with
her wrist.
it was always going to be me
and him,
forever and ever.
he told me so. he promised.
he gave me a ring.
a bracelet,
a brooch,
a tiara.
he wrote my name inside
a heart
in the sand,
in the snow, he carved
our names into trees.
he was everything to me.
how could he just up and leave
like that.
take a deep breath, i tell her.
get a glass of water.
it's okay.
but why, she says again, why
did he leave?
we were meant to be together.
ummm,
well. i tell her. i think maybe
his wife had something to do with
this.
he's still married, you know that,
right?
so, she says. what does that matter?
God says adultery is
okay, if two people
love each other.
umm. i think i missed
that sermon.
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