Sunday, September 29, 2024

adrift in Portland Oregon

her new
about to be ex calls me on
the phone
from Portland.
he's weeping.
she's taken half of everything,
he says.
the same as she did
to you.
she emptied out
my bank
account and now i have
to pay alimony
for the rest of my life.
she has the car,
the furniture,
the art.
she took
the dog too.
any advice?
you should have called
me twelve
years ago,
i tell him before you said
i do,
and made her your wife.
be careful though,
she likes to tap the phone
and download
what you write.

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