Alimony

There was talk of it being a friendship
at first. People saying emotional affairs
are the same as bodies, then everyone forgiving
them, maybe because they are terribly
beautiful and had endured so many babies
and carpets. I heard a crazy laundress 
at the bar saying what everyone was afraid of,
which is that there’s no hope for the rest of us.

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