Maelstrom
by Andrei Codrescu · 09/23/08
the breakups
o the married men’s girlfriends
o the girlfriends of married men!
she’s in houston I’m in philly
o it kills me to be here with my wife’s large family
o it kills me to be here with my exes and their brood
o it kills me that it’s monday and I’m watching bad tv
I could be in new orleans listening to the rain
just you and me just you and me
o the rain was bad enough o the wind was horrific
I’m back in the straight world feeling silly
he’s in houston I’m in philly
back where we ran from the big family
everything seems way back then
o the married men’s girlfriends!
I’m not with you I am with them
the wind was bad enough I have no home
and your cell phone doesn’t work
