I have a new name for my book.
I’ll call it From Decades to Lettered Lists

Unfortunately it’s a warning
A Caution
(Don’t get married, girls!)
It’s a short story, yes
it just takes many decades
to go from
soulmates in love
to people who text
directions, money and anger

How do you go from
a family
with 2 cats and a dog
to two people
connected only by a thin thread of custody?

Read my book to find out
that a lettered list that starts with
a) he’s your dog not mine
ends with words you’ve heard before
and is never
ever
what you expected love to become