TWO YEARS
C Ra McGuirt
to the day before
the night i really
met you,
i went back
with my new
good woman.
we ate&talked
& laughed. i drank
to giddy victory,
& gave one hell
of a reading.
i believed it even after
the whiskey had worn off.
on the way home,
i wept for you.
i can afford to
now.