The first boyfriend I lived with
\nhad a CD single
\nof “Love Will Tear Us Apart Again.”<\/p>\n
For two years, he and I had a pattern.<\/p>\n
He wrote at his computer, a bag of grapes nearby.
\nI came home and made our dinner salads,
\nand, later, wrote through the night.<\/p>\n
We never talked about marriage.
\nWe talked about names we would give to children
\nwe never had.<\/p>\n
The other day,
\nI saw a picture he posted of his son,
\nnamed for Dashiell Hammett.<\/p>\n
My new boyfriend and I agreed on no kids.
\nHe’s a Journey fan.<\/p>\n
I love him despite this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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