Saturday, December 7, 2024

democrats fighting

he tells
me
the marriage is over,
he's nearly
weeping
as he sips his vodka.
she wants
me out,
he says.
gone,
that's what she said.
too bad
i tell him. marriage
is tough
at times when you don't
get along.
i thought you two were
on the same
page with the election.
me too,
he tells me. but
she wants me to march
around the white house
and i don't
want to march
anymore. plus
she's shaved her head
and is withholding
sex.
also she wants me to wear
a dog collar
and put me on
a leash, and
she's not even cooking
anymore.
do you have
any room
at your house, he asks
in a whisper.
cupping
his hand on the phone.
umm.
not really.
but i could sleep on
the floor,
or in the basement
on a pile
of clothes.
didn't we do this eight
years ago,
i ask him, staring into
the phone.

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