Bridey and Jim
While she was cleaning
Anastasia said Bridey
won’t go out with Jim again
mainly because she doesn’t like
his shirts although there are
other reasons and he’s not
open to changing them.
They can be frayed
they can be less
than they should be
a man she dates
should have nice shirts,
Bridey told Anastasia.
Reason two, she said,
was that when they last
went out to dinner
they are both seventy nine
they like prime rib
Jim made good money
Selling insurance Bridey works
she still works
in a school as an administrator
she likes the word
administrator she says it often
Jim has much more money
than Bridey no family none
even though he’s Irish
he’s been divorced forever
he asked her to split
the prime ribs bill
as if shirts
weren’t reason enough.