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Settling

Greg Moglia

I settled for my ex
Sounds awful, but I didn’t know it at the time
When I married I was a five year college virgin
Unless you want to count sex for pay...once in Albany
Once in Paris...Paris, sounds exotic, it wasn’t

Anyway, I’d fall for any woman with any interest
In shy, insecure, socially awkward me and
Try to be a husband... a father...a lover
With the years and the tasks achieved it hits, we no more
Of a match than any couple who come together out of flaws

I don’t want to be someone you’re settling for says the male lead in
‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and I think back to my ex Rose who confessed
On our first date I really decided I didn’t like you
But you were a good kisser...why not give you another try


I think of her hero, my father-in-law the handyman deluxe – plumbing, woodwork, painting...
Name it and he can fix it ...add socially smooth...compliments the 80 year old at the wedding Joann, just as gorgeous as ever and she believes it and so do I
Finally I see my ex settling as well...she knew my faults... but only hinted at them

I did think you would be a good father

And if I looked hard at her I would have seen
Not so much a compliment
But that so much else she hoped for
Planned for...landed on this one single virtue

A good father



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