Jack Powers
Curse of a Boyfriend Scorned
May you stub your toe, ding your elbow
on the doorframe, knock your knee on the computer desk,
crack the shell of a cavity on bacon gristle,
get a blistering sunburn on the first day of spring.
May your children be pigeon-toed and math-challenged,
your husband suffer from high cholesterol and rotor cuff tears,
your mother become forgetful before her time, your sister
marry a know-it-all who talks too loud at Christmas dinner.
May you forget why you chose someone else, why he seemed
funnier, handsomer – a more promising prospect. May you stop
on a day like today when gray clouds cover the sun and ask
if life may have been perfect on a different path. 'Til then
may your cat have hairballs, may your basement leak, may you
wander the house wondering what it was you set out to do.
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