Caring: Romantic Email Poetic Lament

She claimed she cared for me

but what did she ever see

of my kids’ agony?

My lack of destiny?
My parents elderly?

Courtroom travesty?

Lack of money?

My self-destructive propensity?

She only cared

that for her I was there

when she was needy.

Valentine’s Day Planning: Romantic E-Mail Poetic Lament

On this Valentine’s Day

I spent planning romantic trips:

The south of France.

The coast of Spain.

Springtime overnight

in The City of Light.

A week in Vegas, baby!

A long weekend in Magic Kingdom.

Non-stop flights.

King-sized beds

for one.