HAPPY IN BED

poetry

Jul 8

Last Valentine's Day,

I saw Titanic in 3D.

Then tried not to kill myself

before going to sleep.

Bad year ya know?

So bad I needed my sister

To deliver my groceries

Else I wouldn’t eat

But I never once had to use

the term "situationship"

So I retain my self-respect

I can’t imagine

humiliating someone

with an abstract term

To explain away

using them for sex.

So this V-Day

let's have a moment of silence

for everyone waking up

next to their "situationship" in bed.

Contextual Commentary by the Poet

Never met someone who was so proud to be miserable and alone.

But I wrote this shortly after one of the darkest periods in my adult life. So I give him a pass.

Also, I've learned you can get away with a respectable amount of self-pity in your work so long as it's funny.

POETRY