Flying Solo

Living alone
has many
advantages.

The ice cream
in the freezer
stays put

until you finish off
that final bowl
all by yourself.

The toothpaste tube
and toilet paper roll

always are positioned
properly and recycled
in a timely fashion

into their assigned
receptacles.

There’s never a need
for negotiation regarding
on which wall

those airborne humans
in the Chagall print
belong or if the forks

and spoons are happiest
on the right or left
side of the stove.

And when you come home
from a walk roaming
through your quiet 

neighborhood
late at night

there’s no annoying
partner to greet
and hug you,

to kiss your quivering lips

and smile lovingly
at your simple
existence,

as you step in
from the cold.