yeah, I was married

to that bastard

seems like a long time ago

before I went into Rehab

got straightened out

and hooked up with

this wonderful woman Anne

you know that bastard

had these little fixations

about gays and about dogs

did he ever tell you

he used to be a Catholic

that he was an Altar Boy?

there’s a good story there

I saw him on TV last night

Anne and I laughed like hell

that new wife of his

I can just imagine the kind

of shit she’s going through

bet she’s on the booze and pills

make a great First Lady

if I weren’t so clean now

I might like to have a few

drinks with her and exchange

some stories about him

but hell, maybe it would be

better to wait til October

see how many other women

come forward with their stories

I’ll bet there’s just dozens

and dozens of women all over

this goddamned country who have

stories to tell about some asshole

who’s running for office or

already in some office chasing

his young aide around his desk

when American men and women

figure out some day that the

way men treat their women and

their kids says a lot about everything

that’s wrong with this country

maybe that’s when there’ll be

some of this hope for change

but I’m not holding my breath

I’ve got to go now cause I told Anne

I’d meet her at the movie

we’re going to see Carnage

hey, there’s a good title for all

this bullshit that bastard I was

married to and the rest of them

are putting us through

maybe Roman Polanski should run

for office?  he likes ’em young too

see you all in October

Peter Buknatski

Montpelier, Vt.