How To Stay Married To Me: a Poetic Tutorial

How to Stay Married to Me (a poetic tutorial) Don’t come at me With sweets or cookies On Valentine’s Day My New Year’s resolutions Are around to stay (talk to me around Mother’s Day) Understand my currency: Words, sweet syntax, Small deeds at random Are my box of chocolates Fill my tank, Ask if I’ve lost weight Offer a walk Clean the garage Love our kids Even after tattoos and missing assignments Put things together: furniture and broken hearts Camping trips and holiday dinners Let the dogs sleep in our bed And in and out at night What seems like a zillion times A human doggie door Take care of the old people Move a couch for my grandma “It has to be now!” Nevermind That your back is out Tolerate my OCD tendencies Ignore the washcloth tower Turn a blind eye to the Exercise clothes rotation Understand it gives me power Let me be in charge of the temperature in the car you take the music-- A better DJ by far Stockpile our everyday Like a trip to Sam’s Club Saturday drives to games Sunday laundry and grocery Love me through the mundane The necessary normal that makes us great