Ellen Bass - Relax

Bad things are going to happen.
Your tomatoes will grow a fungus
and your cat will get run over.
Someone will leave the bag with the ice cream
melting in the car and throw
your blue cashmere sweater in the drier.
Your husband will sleep
with a girl your daughters age, her breasts spilling
out of her blouse. Or your wife
will remember shes a lesbian
and leave you for the woman next door. The other cat
the one you never really likedwill contract a disease
that requires you to pry open its feverish mouth
eve...