Mid-Life Crisis

If you want to
make a career change
by all means
open that restaurant
I'll put on
my cheeriest hostess
smile and
hand out menus

Thinking of dressing
like Ashton or Justin
and swaggering around
like you did
back in our day
I'll coordinate
your wardrobe

I will cook
macrobiotic meals
and I'll set the alarm
for five AM
so you can do
yoga in the yard
but don't expect me
to give up cheeseburgers
or to practice
the dog pose
at dawn

Moving again would
certainly put me
to the test
but go ahead
call the realtor
I'll look at
the monster mansion
up on the hill

We can't really
afford that
slick black
convertible Mercedes
but it's okay
with me
as long as
the twenty-two year old
blonde in the tight
business suit
who sold it to us
isn't seated
beside you
riding off into
the sunset

That seat is
taken