Selective Memory Poem by RIC BASTASA

It is not about love, far from it,
It is not about us, we are already parted
It is not about the world that is too much
For me to think of and bear
You must remember, no not about the wedding ring
You pawned it, you must remember
This is not about our home, you ruined it
We do not think about the children
The court shall make the ruling, this is not about
My emotions, I have squandered them all
And you wasted all of them, I have thrown them
All to the garbage cans and the dogs are feeding on them
Do not forget, this is just an ordinary civil relation,
You owe me money, and I am here to simply collect them,
There is no need to complicate, there is none,
And here is the promissory note that you signed
Many, many years ago.