Chapstick Vow
Chapstick
is the biggest scam
in the whole world!
Your lips are perfect.
Why do you use that stuff?
he says it
with so much sincerity
my desire to please
is such that
I decide to try
a - GASP
chapstick free life
Now I am fiercely committed
to this new
anti-chapstick vow
loyalty to it
is all
I have left of him
He has disappeared
from my phone
from my computer
from my mailbox
but
not from my heart
oh no
not from my heart
Dry lips mean I think of him
hear his voice
recall his words
feel his touch
remember
how passionate he was
about everything
oh Lord… about everything
Eventually - I come to my senses
So today
I cry one last time
then dig around and
find a forgotten
tube of chapstick
rolling around
in the bottom of my purse
With great ceremony
I pop off the top
twist up the soft dome
smooth coconut and pear
over my dry, cracked lips
first the top
then the bottom
smack them together
purse my now soft
shiny lips in the mirror
ah, that is so much better
Silly me
what does a man know
about chapstick anyway?