On Why She Just Won’t Do

by Gary Mesick

She seems nice enough. But we are
An odd family. And her family
Is just as odd. It may not matter to you,
But it wouldn’t be fair to your children.

Think about it. Christmas comes.
It’s an odd–numbered year. Where do you go?
Here? Or your in–laws?
And if we concede, what about
Your brother and sister? Where will they go?
And what about their in–laws?
Something has to give.

Unless you kill her family first.
I know a guy who knows a guy.