I’ve never thought
of divorcing my wife—splitting
our assets—selling the house
moving out to a single bedroom
condo where I don’t have to mow
the lawn—she’ll get the dog
she deserves him—no I never
thought about ending our thirty-odd
years of matrimony until today
when Mr. Tran gave me my first
reflexology treatment—this little
bald-headed man with my callused
heel in his palm massaging waves
of ecstasy through the ocean
of my body—him I could marry
and love for the rest of my life
is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet from Houston. He received the 2018 Catherine Case Lubbe Manuscript Prize for his book, The Drawn Cat’s Dream. His work has been published in the Southern Poetry Anthology, The Lily Poetry Review, The Comstock Review, The Oakland Review, and in scores of other publications. He serves as First Vice Chancellor for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies.
