Alone in Life
E. Martin Pedersen
My wife
last night
told me she was alone
in life
I did not respond
I let it lay
on the tile
where she threw it
as if to say
menopause away
out of the blues.
Am I not here
for you?
You alone
in life?
Because you like
to dance
and I am shy
my mother would say
it takes two
to boogaloo
I might, probably, perhaps, may
but, you know
I'd rather let it die
than try.