THE BALLAD OF TAYLOR SWIFT AND JAKE GYLLENHAAL
she made records he made movies
she was an old soul when it came to business
but young enough to still believe in love
as something that mattered more than
mere material for song lyrics
but he was ten years older and steeped
in the ways of the world as he saw it
when the breakup came,
he apparently said something about
how the age difference made a difference
so therefore he was okay with leaving
she felt like a crushed pomegranate
then turned heartbreak
into no ordinary end of relationship song
singing for ten minutes on SNL
with audible grief of youth
still present in the thirtyish woman
telling fans not to walk up and down this particular path
if you don’t yet have self-awareness
especially don’t give yourself to a man
who may regard you as no more than a mere trifle
TONY AND JUDY
they seemed so happy and right for each other
she gave him focus, he buoyed her confidence
but, at a certain point, their love disappeared
and he departed hipster Austin for his conservative hometown
I never knew why they split up
but it couldn’t have been the desire
to work in the family business
repairing telephone cable in a ladder truck
POEM ABOUT GUN MASSACRES AND PERPETRATORS
we act shocked
at something we didn’t foresee
offer up thoughts and prayers
and do nothing after this one
repeating the cycle of
unchecked anger
grieving families and friends
again and again and again
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