Tag: ex-boyfriend

  • Something Other Than Fate

    On Monday, happenstance occurred. Happenstance, I say, because I’m not sure I believe in fate or destiny, puzzle pieces fitting together just so. I see a yellow sticky note on my office floor. I leave it there for several hours. I have things to do. In the mid-afternoon, I pick up the note and take…

  • Dating II

    it was a year ago today since I saw him last it was a year ago yesterday that he told me he had no affection for me branded it into my psyche it was a year ago yesterday and on this anniversary by coincidence only he emailed me wondered if we were on speaking terms…

  • Say

    My ex-boyfriend asked           How is the world treating you these days? My ex-boyfriend said           I have no affection to give you. So when my new boyfriend says           I have a headache. I do not say           I’m sorry, honey. I do not say           Is there something I can do to make…

  • SuckerPunch: What To Do, What To Do

    It’s happened. A continuation of a saga I thought was as over as it was going to be. Maybe it’s predictable. But the wind is knocked out of me and I feel as though my life depends on how I recover my breath. My ex-boyfriend emailed me, asking how the world was treating me. When…