I've Got My Alimony… Poem by Mark Heathcote

I've got a coat and a hat stand
But I've got nowhere I can rest
I've got a house in the Rio Grande
But it rains almost all of the time.

I've got a large 4- wheel drive family car
I've got my alimony—
But I never wanted your money
Or another man to touch me, honey.

I've got a lot of dinner guests
But I don't want to host
Or raise a toast to anything
No more my long distant friend.

I've got our kids but even they
Remind me of you and all we've lost
I've got a full-life, but it's empty,
Meaningless without you

I've got my breasts enlarged up-lifted
But there like two helium balloons
Going nowhere, baby, without you
I'm going nowhere baby without you

I've got my alimony...
But all I ever wanted, honey was you.
I've got my man's empty coat a hat stand
But I've got nowhere I can rest
I've got a house in the Rio Grande
But it rains almost all of the time in my heart