Friday, April 14, 2023

unholy matrimony

in the second
attempt at holy matrimony,
i cut
up all her credit cards
after
paying her overdue payments,
which came to
about seven thousand
dollars.
i encouraged her
to go cold turkey,
at least until she went
to work,
got a job.
that's one of the stupidest
things
i've ever done in the name
of like, or love,
or lust,
whatever it may have been.
when it finally ended,
she told she wished she
would have married a lawyer,
or a doctor,
or stockbroker.
i would have gotten more
alimony with them,
than i did with you, she said,
waving
my paltry check in the air.

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