Their Divorce
After they split
we joked she’d become
Un-Kemped.
But it was true:
her skin grew
pasty white;
her hair was always greasy;
and dusty brown circles
hovered beneath her eyes.
After they split
we joked he was
Bea-reft and woe-Bea-gone.
He laughed
and bought a Maserati.
celia hooper
May 4, 1998