Ex-Communications

Listen, it’s almost 

a given, she’ll call --

usually around 3 a.m. 

when you’re dead 

to the world, or 

locked inside the bathroom, 

counting how many gray hairs 

you’ve sprouted since her last 

nocturnal climb down. 

You could get yourself unlisted, 

nail a dead skunk to the bed post, 

or buckle down, dial up 

the pope and ask 

for a general dispensation

from all your sins.

Real and imagined,

it’s what I did. 

Twenty years ago. 

Back then you had to leave 

the country, now you just disconnect 

the WiFi, play dead 

for a day or two, 

before crafting yourself a new 

Avatar, and start 

all over again.   

Ken e Bujold

Reviews

[Aura]

Nowadays relationships are so different from what they used to be. They are not taken as seriously and breaking up, I think is so much easier to do. Dating apps make it so easy to come up with a new image and name so if a disgruntled lover tries to enter back into your life, they wouldn't be able to track you down since you already have a new account and avatar. Yes, perhaps it is easier to get away from creepy lovers, but that also means that relationships are not taken as seriously as before since it happens online where there is not the chance for real in-person intimacy... unless you both agree to meet in-person of course! Thank you for sharing Ken, I enjoyed the read!

[Ken e Bujold]

yes the modern dating game is one i don't think i would have been suited for. Extricating one's self from the gunk of a relationship used to require real effort (and god how i know what i speak of). Younger days I was a dog, who loved to prowl. Now happily conjoined to a woman I simply couldn't say no to, and can't imagine being without after 20+ yrs. That said, it is work, everyday work, which it seems a lot of peeps are simply not interested in doing these days. I will give dating apps one + those. saves on mileage. (an in joke) my wife and I first met, and had to carry on an across the world romance for a few yrs before tying the knot. Canada to Singapore is more miles than most travel these days (or those days)

thanks for stopping by Aura

[Aura]

That is true, it seems that our culture in society has moved away from traditions, being more focused on themselves first then a relationship second. And I don't disprove of that. In some ways online relationships make it easier to test out the water then proceed to meeting in-person, but then people get the notion that they don't have to commit and not take the relationship seriously.

[AYVID N]

Dear Ken,

I enjoyed this poem so much. To me, it spoke of the true nature of the online world and virtual relationships, as they are today. Fast, deceptive and quite expendable. Running away and never being found again is so easy now.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

You can run but you can't hide. (laughing) I never was very good at hide and seek. Now I'm too fat to hide and too old and tired to seek. What's it like to have a stalker? I had a fan once but the blades got bent and the motor burned out. I'm now reduced to opening a window and praying for the slightest breeze to blow. I enjoyed reading, my friend. Just enjoy the limelight while it lasts. ;)

[Perdition]

Ha ha ha, pretty good, pretty neat, but hey, at least she calls and that something because you could have nothing which might be better but who’s to say. I love the humor of this one, and had a feeling for the love of a woman that knows you for who you are and loves to mess with you and you captured her and all the beauty that she must be. Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful. I’d still leave the country though. Smiles~

[W. Barrett Munn]

This reminds me of a movie…did you date Glenn Close?

Winston

[Ken e Bujold]

not sure where this one tumbled from. Obviously playing around with words like i do, excommunications opened up a slew of potential spots to land. Then the opening line just popped, and rest came fairly smoothly.
as to GC...my ex made miss close seem quite sane. by a long shot

[Coyote Poetry]

In my lifetime. I left the country to escape a woman. Funny part. Somehow they can find us. I liked the honesty and the story in the poem. Thank you Ken for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Ken e Bujold]

yes they can find us. i too once long ago shifted a couple of continents to throw one off my trail

[duff]

"you’ve sprouted since her last
nocturnal climb down."

Great line. Fantastic Writing