It Ended Up a Sonnet
Maybe if we had bought our bands
any other time but our second date
any other place but the local Walmart
any other mood but deeply elated
by now we might’ve been divorced
Maybe the trick was doing something
with the faith of a gambler and love
of a junky so later when we fought
even the pawn shops wouldn’t help us
get rid of our sterling silver bad choice
turned matching feather tattoos turned
honeymoon turned our baby girl turned
many more trips to Walmart with a cart
pausing at the ring case before we start
Jordan Tate 