photo and scarecrow by ralph murre
By
Shoshauna Shy ---
I’M THE FUTURE EX
BILL MEETS IN
at
a Citgo station.
I
am still married
and
neither of us suspects
I
will become my husband’s ex,
then
Bill’s live-in girlfriend.
Next
I’m his almost-fiancee
till
drunken hijinks
with
his best friend
gets
me pregnant.
As
things go, I miscarry;
Bill
forgives me; we get
back
together; we break up.
This
goes on for years
while
he travels to Key
West
and
dates someone else’s wife.
Meanwhile,
I give birth
to
a couple of his kids;
we
get a license;
we
have a wedding,
but
before I know it
all
hell breaks loose
and
I’m his ex, Bill’s very own ex.
I
figured I was olly olly in free
but
as Bill says, guy reaches 40,
he’s
bound to have an ex;
maybe
even two.
This
makes for a handy excuse
when
my successor, a pretty
wanna-be-Mrs
named Alyssa
prepares
to present her case.
Bill
can shake his head
and
damn if that’s not all it takes
for
her to know she should get real
or
get gone - It won’t get
any
better than this.
~
first published in stoneboat
