CarrollBlog 2.5

Ex-Boyfriends

by Kim Addonizio

They hang around, hitting on your friends

or else you never hear from them again.

They call when they're drunk, or finally get sober,

they're passing through town and want dinner,

they take your hand across the table, kiss you

when you come back from the bathroom.

They were your loves, your victims,

your good dogs or bad boys, and they're over

you now. one writes a book in which a woman

who sounds suspiciously like you

is the first to be...