Category: after
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What’s best for the kids
I guess I’m supposed to let it go. You betrayed all of us, had an intimate, year long affair with our children’s teacher, our daughter’s friend’s mom, our sons mentor’s wife. But you want to make sure I’m doing what’s best for the kids. I guess I need to shake it off. You used me…
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First Wife
I didn’t want to be yourfirst wife practice wifeA life-long lovedisposed ofin a blur ofbetrayalI was unable tolabel until it was fatal Our texts used to befunny, HoneyNow they’re just about money and custodywhile you’re all husbandly with her It troubles mesometimes inconsistantlyoften constantly Your old one was thinnerI mean, they have all been teenier…
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Writing for Revenge
My wordsfeed the wrong wolfthey aren’t kindI’m not on thehighroad I’m writing for revenge I use my storiesas a knifeor at least a finger flickto your chestflick flick flick flick flick flick Maybe I’m processingor helping others wade through a dark passageof betrayal But the darkness doesn’t careIt’s not here to help I’m writing for…
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How are you?
I bump into my daughter’s old friend’s mom at WegmansShe asks meHow are you?How are the kids? How are you?How are the kids?An old friend asks me at a barWe head to the dance floor The wife of my years and years ago teaching colleague smiles big with surpriseWe hug helloHow have you been?How are…
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Alone Time
I make vegan nachos—On the mini stone Pour myself a glass of wine I think I coveted this When my babies were babiesWhenWherever I was, others were there tooAt home, the store, the bathroom, the bed I watch tv I likelisten to music I likeEnjoy the peace tonight I think Alone timeis nicebut still so…
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1993
You gave me this zebra cardMade a joke about “ze-bra”Said “Love Forever”I mean, I was almost 16, so of course I believed you It’s hard to let go, harder than I think it should beBut, I’m trying I always wondered what to do about that box in the basementfull of cards and love lettersbra jokes…
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3×3 Post-it note
I was cleaning out a drawer today and found a 3×3 post-it note I had written when I was so scared you were going to leave me. My heart broke when I wrote the words, and I stuck the note on the inside of my pen drawer. I don’t know about this shadow of heartbreak…
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Deleted
That’s smart how you deleted all the pictures of us from your FacebookI bet it felt goodNow you don’t have Memories that hit you in the face randomly — date nights, anniversaries, funny stories . . . It’s so weird to be deleted! I should delete you. It would just require so much(And you wouldn’t…
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UNWRITABLE
This is unwritableSeeing him with herwalkingsmilingdrinkingherein my placein my placehere I start thinking about how my grandma always wanted to go dancing but my grandfather never would. Then my grandma died and my grandfather started going out dancing. That always seemed like a kind of betrayal too. I know he left- the door closed, another…
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31 years
31 years is a lot of years to regret –it was more fun when I got to celebrateknowing you so long. Strange how I used to feel luckyand now I see your car through the blindswhen you pick up the kids. I’d like to ask the universe for a favor.(It’s a long shot though.) Could…
Slices of Betrayal 