horizon

Bob (who is also M.'s X) accepted a new job today, bigger better and elsewhere -
and Baldy Bitch Bucket has gone off too, to North Dakota of all places . . . . .
leaving M. and Me and that's It
we're all that's left
a 2-super(neurotic)girl department
I say, "we hardly add up to 100 pounds between us for god's sake"
we laugh hysterically
we look at each other with great conspiratorial relief
we sit in silence for a few moments, letting it sink in
wow:
an altogether X'n'fraught-free little world for us to live and read and breathe in

jeesh, I better be more careful what I ask for from that Mary - thank goodness she didn't rain shepherdesses down like frogs from the sky

"Hey Baby Hey," Greg Brown [for the oldtime religion line]
"What a Man," Linda Lyndell [for my good luck charm]