Caramelized novel

You’re a elegant ass woman!!

he shouted around the lake

hospital gown open at the back,

but he had pants on

when I got home from work

with all my paper cuts

I spilled the rice on the couch

and started to cry

picked up the cushion

shook it out over the driveway

and realized I was doing a celebration,

turning a bad day into a wedding 

Merlot mouth

and I read that amethyst, my birthstone,

protects against drunkenness

should have brought my necklace 

to thanksgiving

when grandmother’s ring was stolen I bought one at

‘rocks and juice’ 

in Chicago

I do worry

that I’m fooling myself

and I hope the days of helping myself 

last a while

I’m walking down a corridor with red ass carpet 

opening every door

Who’s in here?

Why does no one blow out the candles?

our cardboard house

is likely to go down 

insurance has changed the game
in all the wrong ways
now we live like 
'sooner or later'