HELLO YOU

He screams at me
but I don't hear him.

His mouth moves.
saying.

Same old words.
Same old blame.

The thunderclap
obscures him.

His voice hard rain
against the pane

as if the rain could explain
his rage.

I answer him sharply
in a

lightning flash.

How's that
for theatre?

We all lit up
the actors of our breakup.

Outside leaves
fall from trees

unseen
an empty nest

falls to the ground.

No sound.
Now too much sound.

Our cat watches
our arguments.

Licks its privates.

Only Mother Nature's
laying it on a bit thick.

Such fallacy?
Pathetic!

Yes yes we
get the jist.

She is us
writ large.

All sturm and drang.

He all Blitzkreig.
I all Kamikaze.

I of course - a *****.
He of course - a *******.

You couldn't
write this stuff.

Two
so-called-humans who

cling and claw

bent on destroying
the other.

Did I say
the phone rang

when he
hit me?

The phone rang
...unanswered...

Did I neglect to say
my nails are long and

I drew blood.

I look up the number later.
Wrong number.

Now like the storm
we are spent.

Can find no other ways
to hurt each other.

We go our separate ways
after the absurd drama.

I sleep alone.
A new day dawns.

Amazed at my self.

A self I
now own

rescued from the wreck
of my marriage.

Feels so good
to be me again.

"Hello you?"
I say.

"Hello you!
I answer.