Nancy Ames Poems

(This is first-person fiction and the ex-husbands are stereotypical)

'I tried to make it work -
I always tried really hard,
...

Just one alphabet,
an imprint on the brain,
and you'll never forget
or be puzzled again.
...

'She's just a perspicacious girl,
peeking past her long, dark hair,
her finger twisting one dark curl
in the candle's golden glare.
...

If you can't say something nasty,
don't say anything at all.
You're saying I need rhinoplasty
and I'm riding for a fall?
...

Grumbling thunder,
rainbows at night,
illegal plunder
and muscular right.
...

'A boozer
is a loser,
walking on a lake.
...

'I'm sitting here
in my good girl dress,
and I got an awful fear
that I might say 'yes'.
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It must be like opening a new door
in a familiar wall, the one with the
photograph, the same old photograph
but starting to look so strange, just
...

(There is an implied speaker, a political manipulator)

'The strength of your opponent,
his heart, his muscle-tone,
...

Little old ladies
rule the world -
everybody knows that.
...