I heard the news
Among the hum and whistle
Of a busy night.

In mere seconds
I knew you were off the market
I laughed and felt a general shock
I've been through so much at this point
Nothing can really bring me down.

I heard how it looked
What the post was like
Do you remember on this day last year
How we flew back together
I convinced you to stay with me
And it was all such effort
Oh it was all so much ******* effort.

You had red roses delivered
A little card, I think
We didn't go to dinner
I remember I was sad about that.

Sitting on my red couch
The one you broke
Red wine, wet whistles
I tried with all my might
To take it all in stride
And to match the wide width
Of what you hoped for me to be.

But it all ended
I wrote on your pizza box in lipstick
And looked back only for closure
Saying each time,
This, this is the last time
And now its really done
It really is over
You mustered up the courage to put a ring
On another.

Black bathingsuit
Everyone liked our pictures
And now those same friends
Are supportive but don't like my pictures
But exclaim they are so glad its over
Its always so funny
When folks find comfort
And peril
In couples
Who seem happy
But perhaps

Really aren't.