The Work

At least I don’t have to check “Divorced”
On a lifetime of official forms
But I remember the wedding ritual,
The party, the thank you notes.
The marriage failed within a year.

At least the cats can’t ask me
Why she doesn’t come home any more
But they follow me with puzzled eyes
And keep waiting by the door.
I can’t seem to provide them a stable home.

At least I have my own career,
Accounts, investments, business sense
But half my income came from her
And half the household payments, too.
I scramble for work like an abandoned housewife.

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