well meaning neckties
he loved me perfectly
more completely
in one night
than all the others
with their combined efforts
overblown eight ball romances
egos
ivy league educations
wallets
fun house cocks
poorly tailored psychology
wearing cowboy boots
on a summer night in detroit
front men screaming at their drummers
and the sight of me walking away
over the decades of my
failed overtures
at making a life
all gods
whose constellations
have been burned from my sky
they’re all my favorite divorce
but not him
no, certainly not
he makes me regret all the lesser men
for whom i’ve bought
well meaning neckties
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Alicia Young is a poet, teacher, mother, middling pianist, and above average drunk. She has the tongue of a harpy and is rumored to be a bit of a tramp. She is a modern day Southern belle, born on Kentucky’s bourbon trail, who enjoys black coffee in the morning and a fine cigar at night. Her Electra complex is the stuff of legend. She makes a hobby of causing sailors to blush. Ms. Young is the author of Hell on Heels, poems by Alicia Young, released in 2012 by Lady-Lazarus Press.
well meaning neckties (by Alicia Young)
24 Sunday Nov 2013
Posted 2000s, American, Poetry, Young (Alicia)
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