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Sonnets From Other Lives: Eli

When she accidently pocket-dialed her
husband, she didn’t know his voice mail faithfully
recorded every goddamn freakin word
of a conversation she thought he
would never ever hear …I said I was
going to the gym. He wouldn’t question
that. He likes to think that I work out
to look good for him.
--I wouldn’t mention….
A second voice—most definitely male…
familiar…who is it? –..to your husband
exactly what our workouts here entail.
So there it is. He stares at the phone—stunned--then
reckoning how much longer she’ll be gone,
gets up & throws her clothes out on the lawn..