When we were on the Jerry Springer Show
And my girlfriend made a laughingstock spectacle out of me
Under the glaring lights and hundreds of thousands of viewers
Surprised, embarrassed, and angry I swore we were through
She laughed and said he always says that
And he’ll come back to me.
In front of hundreds of thousands of viewers eagerly awaiting my response
Sitting in their homes eating snacks and watching that insane show
I vowed in front of those hundreds of thousands that this time I meant it.
Unfazed by my vow, my girlfriend laughed again, as if my vow were a joke
And she said he always says that; he’s not going anywhere.
I smirked and said yeah sure, you’ll see, just don’t wait up for me
In front of those hundreds of thousands of viewers
Watching my crazy love life play out on nationwide TV
The sad part of all that televised freak show drama is …
She was right.
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Free verse poetry, mostly fiction, some nonfiction