XXVIII

I saw Alex the other day

I didn't realize he was a cop

he pulled me over

I wasn't wearing my seatbelt

that used to piss you off to no end

he asked how I was

I did the same,

the asked about you

"she's good, been seeing someone"

he looked up from his paper

and, I could see in his eyes

(they were the same hue as yours)

that he knew that wasn't something you say

to a hung-up ex-boyfriend

he left me with a warning