‘I must get back to the men, ' my mother announces,
Then slyly meets my eye, as I choose, this time,
To avoid my usual reply. ‘I know what you're thinking! '
She's triumphant. ‘That there's only one of them! But
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but it looks like you are no longer on PH. good luck with THAT also. bri :)
four years later. i'm back and am borrowing this gem to be included in my/our June 2017's showcase, a (usually) monthly feature to be found in my PH poem list. let me know if you object to my using it. thanks. for the first time in two + years, i am featuring just poems by (supposedly) females. in July it will be the males' turn. i shall give your book a plug also. i hope dating and etc. has gone well. bri :)
valerie, it took reading your 'poet comment' and a second reading of the poem for me to completely appreciate what took place. thanks for the comment. and thanks for sharing. i'm glad you wrote: while the one I had is gone, Which is fine and i hope it IS fine. it always has been more than fine when i have ended a relationship....well at least the three ended marriages. it was past time i guess; at least that was the opinion of each wife. the book sounds interesting though i shall probably confine most of my reading to my weekly magazine 'the week' and to the murder mysteries i read aloud to my wife as she prepares supper. bri
I'm STILL lovin' this. ;) bri