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[aid] => mick
[title] => RE-INVENTED
[time] => 2014-08-03 03:24:09
[hometext] => Everybody's story is a little different.
[bodytext] => Married young at seventeen; older man to high-school queen; Ten years later I outgrew the man that I supposed I knew; Never had I lived alone. Suddenly we’re on our own; Me and daughter making home! Got a checkbook; paid the rent; made ourselves a covenant; Vowed that we would re-invent! Macrame and finger paints; Goodwill bargains, no complaints! Ten years later wed anew; Older, smarter, thought I knew! Police said he’s a con artist…On our ten most-wanted list! Me and daughter got evicted; husband number two convicted; Did I bail? Hell no, I fought; spent every cent and all for naught. 3 years later he was free; Found another, 23; And we parted company! Cleaned me out to my last cent; Trust that I can re-invent! Living in a rental car; Parking lot of “JOEY’s BAR”. Warm, dry, safe, at any rate; sleeping with my .38. Back to school at 43; sculpting up a brand new me; Working days; class at night; me and daughter hanging tight! Got a job in Engineering; I’m the new guy all are fearing; Had to prove that I could do it; while the union just boo-hooed it. Far too stubborn I to yield; Only woman in my field. Thank God in came EEO; told the union where to go! Dropped the campaign to demote me; 5 years later they promote me. Now in Safety, no more tools; brains not brawn; so.. back to school. Kids are married; wild oats sewn; time to be at last, my own. Wife and mommy gone and went! Once again I re-invent! Bought an old house; ‘bout to fall; Plumbing, wiring, did it all! Skills I learned put to the test; painted, plastered, whatta mess! Live in bluejeans; don’t keep house; (Know why men all want a spouse!) I tell neighbors when they call; “Come see the toilet I installed!” Girlfriends wed and move away; I’m good with that, until one day… Meet a fella; quiet type. Tall mid-western; lacking hype. No lounge lizard, this big gent; so once more I re-invent! No bad language, drink or drugs; Sweet and loyal, heartstring tugs. He says “marry”; not content; to just move in and share the rent. History tells me circumvent; he is stubborn; won’t relent; Yeah, you guessed it; re-invent! We’ve been married twenty-one; twice, my record he’s undone! I’m surprised as anyone! I didn’t think he was my type; almost lost him, holy cripe! He hung in and changed my mind; It was ME, not love that’s blind! I didn’t have a litmus test; to help me measure happiness; But there’s a signal, well disguised; that happiness has just arrived! This may not work for other folk; but I judge happiness by smoke! The mechanism’s hit or miss; and I suspect it goes like this: When I’m content beyond all doubt? The fire to re-invent goes out! [comments] => 6 [counter] => 158 [topic] => 19 [informant] => softerware [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => InspirationalPoems )
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