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“It worked again.”
That’s what my ex said
while he was telling me
all about his new love.
“It” is the dating app
he used to find her.
The same one
where he found me.
Technically, “again” is wrong
because we got divorced,
which means
it didn’t “work” last time.
I decided not to correct him.

Regardless,
once again,
he has someone
to talk to in the dark.
We used to do that
in our early years,
before combating sleep patterns
drove us to separate arrangements.
Me in the bed upstairs.
He on the couch downstairs.

Back when we still
shared the darkness,
we chose names
for our future kids.
The ones that never came.
Suggested neighborhoods
for the house
we never bought.
Dreamed of vacations
we never took.
And we compared war stories
about our respective exes.

Now ours
is one of those stories.
The one he’s likely telling
his new love
in the dark.