“Reflection on an ex-husband” by Maggie Brewer

Hearing his decision
on his 30th birthday
to never do anything
he didn’t want to do,
our therapist said
you can have a roommate,
maybe even a girlfriend,
but don’t ever,
ever get married again.

Four years later,
I sometimes wonder
how never doing anything
you don’t want to do
is working out
with wife number two
and the baby on the way.

-Maggie Brewer

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