last night I kissed an old girlfriend
last night I kissed an old girlfriend, and that got me wondering about things that might have been
for me, for her
thirteen years gone by now
in some parallel universe where the symmetry of love broke differently
I
could be a husband
a father
can you believe it?
She
maybe didn't meet and marry that abusive asshole she started dating after me
years of pain that didn't happen
sometimes I wonder about the karmic backsplash of that one
last night I kissed an old girlfriend
wondered all these things
said goodnight, got into my car, and drove off