by Drew Pisarra

I thought that we’d tie the knot and not
just figuratively but forever for real
because I was single and you were hot

and we saw one another as each other’s last shot
at romance, at soulmates, at a quasi-real deal.
I thought that we’d tie the knot and not

as a tie that binds but the kind that’s got
elasticity with hugging loops that won’t unreel.
Because I was single and you were hot

mostly under the collar, your anger shot
up and burnt right through us with vicious zeal.
I thought that we’d tie the knot, and not

that we’d end tied up in knots. I forgot
love can torture like a Catherine Wheel.
Because I was single and you were hot

we fell for each other on the spot
‘til our sweet-ass mush turned to cold oatmeal.
I thought that we’d tie the knot
and not because I was single and you were hot.

Drew Pisarra is the author of two sonnet collections, Periodic Boyfriends and Infinity Standing Up; two short story collections, You’re Pretty Gay and Publick Spanking; and two radio plays, The Strange Case of Nick M. and Price in Purgatory. His is @mistermysterio on TwitterX and Instagram.