finding love in Vegas

we were married

in Vegas

an hour

after meeting in a bar.

i had just

won

an enormous amount

of money

playing blackjack.

but she said

it was the color

of my eyes

that alone persuaded her

that i was the guy.

it wasn't the dollars falling

out of my

pockets.

i called my mother to tell

her the good

news.

she told me that was

how she met

my father.

my divorce was the next

day,

but hers

never arrived.