Dear Old Love

Dust Off

It kills me that I won’t be dusting snow off your dumb Pepsi hat this winter.

Oct 2nd

Bigger and Winier

I wish that we could be bigger people and talk face-to-face about our relationship.  Over wine, of...

Oct 2nd

Mileage

I flew 1,600 miles to Atlanta to prove my love for you. You drove 18 miles from Marietta to prove...

Oct 2nd

Chain Learning

A year ago we were chain smoking on your back porch until 4am, learning each other.

Oct 2nd

Puddled

I miss you the way water misses a fountain.

Oct 1st

Go with the Flow

Like my period, I only got you once a month.

Oct 1st

Bummer

You bummed my virginity and a cigarette, but I haven’t heard from you since.

Oct 1st

In the Air

I know that you love me, I can feel it and see it everywhere. I just don’t understand why you...

Oct 1st

Hang Up!

You said I sounded depressed over the phone. I didn’t tell you that I’m only depressed...

Oct 1st

Neighborly Winds

Whenever I miss you, I just remember when you showed up drunk, looking like a hobo, and how I wanted...

Oct 1st

Break Plans

Hi. I was wondering if you wanted to spend your fall break in my bed?

Oct 1st

Embiggen this Heart

I thought I had a big enough heart to be happy just knowing you’re happy. I’m ashamed to...

Oct 1st

Just

No matter when I run into you, I’ll honestly be able to say, “I was just thinking about...

Sep 30th

Free Diver

I think I’ve set a record for holding my breath. Four years, and you’re still not mine.

Sep 30th

Styles of Drunk

I used to be a happy, sexy drunk. You turned me into a sad, sobbing drunk.

Sep 30th

The Male Modelhood

As you were flipping through a copy of Esquire, you said you felt pressure to conform to the ways...

Sep 30th

What About the Bump?

You were my real life Ken doll. I wish I could yank off your head, too.

Sep 30th

Right On

It both surprises and disappoints me how often I’m right about you.

Sep 30th

Method

Every time I go to Target I stop in the soap aisle and smell the liquid soap you used. If it...

Sep 30th

Unequality

Was there ever a time when we liked each other equally, even just for one day?

Sep 30th

Viking Quest

You turned me into a huge Vikings fan. But now I have a purple bra and yellow panties that I only...

Sep 30th

Call and Response

Why do you still call me? And why do I always answer?

Sep 29th

Onions, Photos

I will always think of you when I eat an onion ring. And I hope you never show anyone those photos....

Sep 29th

Long Dissed

Why didn’t you tell me you had free international calling?

Sep 29th

Reruns?

My favorite thing was spending rainy nights in bed eating Chinese food & watching reruns of Jon...

Sep 29th

The Score

Whenever my phone vibrates I look down expecting to see your name. It never is. It’s always an...

Sep 29th

Slap Happy

I wish the small bruises you gave me by spanking me would stay. I want something permanent to...

Sep 29th

Um, So Can I?

You asked before you kissed me but you never asked before you broke my heart.

Sep 29th

Our Old Air

My Dad doesn’t know, but I stole the hanging air freshner out of his car from when they...

Sep 29th

Why Not Wear It?

I opened up my wallet today and found that earring of yours I kept, the one without a mate. I put it...

Sep 29th

Night Wondering

I wonder how many times you’ve been in our bed with someone new, facing my direction while I...

Sep 29th

It Don't?

She may have had you first, but I had you for real. High School doesn’t count.

Sep 29th

I'm Sure Somebody Is!

I sit in my apartment at night and hope that you are staring at me through the windows

Sep 29th

Time Out

Time is precious, but I didn’t mind wasting it with you.

Sep 29th

Apocalips

If I ever see you again I will punch you as hard as I can, then kiss you until the world ends.

Sep 28th

Love's Like Love

I used to think we were so original. That so many Dear Old Love notes could be ours made me realize...

Sep 28th

Tear Out

When will I learn that no matter how much I cry, you won’t change and aren’t coming...

Sep 28th

Numbers

He is 24, you’re 42, but you’re the one who makes me feel 17 again.

Sep 28th

The Everyday Exotic

My big, exotic dream is simply us doing together sometimes what we normally do separately.

Sep 27th

Bike Hard

I wouldn’t ride my bike 20 miles in the summer heat for just anybody.

Sep 27th

Plan B

I just found out my father’s family has a history of schizophrenia. Good thing I took that...

Sep 27th

In Box

Seeing your name in my inbox doesn’t quite do it for me anymore. I need you in my box.

Sep 27th

Back in the Day

Back in the day, you were very hot. As was I.

Sep 27th

Then, Flaunt Away

Please stop flaunting your new girlfriend in front of me until at least 2015.

Sep 27th

OK. Please.

You didn’t have to respond so rudely. If you’re not interested in hearing from me,...

Sep 27th

Some Set of Foam Balls

When I met your new boyfriend and he pulled a red foam ball from behind of my ear, I thought to...

Sep 27th

Burning Still?

Okay, so maybe the one year anniversary of our meeting at Burning Man was a contrived excuse to try...

Sep 27th

Bad to the Bone

I wasn’t unhealthy for you. You were unhealthy for you.

Sep 27th

Green with Dottiness

When I see you log into Gmail, I become a green dot.

Sep 27th

Mmm...Chocolate with Spankles

Woke up this morning with a handprint bruise across my ass. You never had it in you to be anything...

Sep 27th

Reflect On

I search for you in everyone I meet—including the mirror.

Sep 26th

K-MY Jelly

When we hooked up again after you’d been gone all summer, you called it ‘our’...

Sep 26th

Indiewear

I had forgotten that we bought matching Death Cab for Cutie concert shirts together.

Sep 26th

Ghost Spouse

I’m terrified that an image of your face will flash before me right before I say “I...

Sep 26th

I'm Asleep Now

I never got to wake you up with a blowjob.

Sep 26th

I'm There for Me More

You claim to not be able to love, and yet you do a good job of loving yourself.

Sep 26th

Back at You

I miss driving past your house and saying, “Hi, orgasm house.”

Sep 26th

Ember

I waited for hours by the campfire hoping for a few minutes alone with you. When everyone was...

Sep 26th

There's a Subtle Difference

My website is basically an “I miss you” blog—only because you yelled at me for...

Sep 26th

That Girl

I spent the morning pacing the sidewalk in the rain, chain smoking, no shoes, thinking of all the...

Sep 25th

Zeno Called. He Wants His Paradox Back.

Every day I think about you half as much as I did the day before. But I’ll never stop thinking...

Sep 25th

Ah Choo Choo

You thought you’d found a woman like a bullet train and found a locomotive instead.

Sep 25th

Or the Time After That

In this life, we realized too late that we were soulmates. I sure do hope we get it right our next...

Sep 25th

Your Team Needs You!

I’m terrified I won’t be able to go out with our group for bar trivia...

Sep 25th

Promises Are Made To Be

Although we’ve broken up, a promise is still a promise. So where’s the “undying...

Sep 25th

Hugged Out

I knew it was over from the hugs. They became cold acquaintance niceties instead of warm bear...

Sep 25th

Those Public Butt-slaps

When I said I missed you, you said you missed me, too. The difference was I missed the kisses, the...

Sep 25th

Autumn Fires

Summer’s over. Does this mean you’re going back to your fall flame?

Sep 25th

Guinness Book

Some things were just better in Ireland. Beer, the rain, us.

Sep 25th

Best Weak Ever

I didn’t mind when you made me weak in the knees. It was when you made me weak in the head I...

Sep 24th

Coming Soon!

Sep 24th

Fabric Softener

Last night I put on a sweatshirt of yours and immediately cried because it smelled just like you....

Sep 24th

Falling

I fell for you the moment I saw you and haven’t hit ground yet.

Sep 24th

Same Result

I ran hundreds of different ways of how things could have ended differently for us through my mind....

Sep 24th

Pre-Approved

I Accept! Just go on and apologize already.

Sep 24th

Lunar Calendar

Could we just start with a full moon and a bottle on the beach?

Sep 24th

Natural Fact

It’s not a choice exactly, more like a natural fact: without you, I am alone.

Sep 24th

Victoria's Secret Friend

If I knew that “staying friends” would mean helping you pick out lingerie for your new...

Sep 24th

Simply

I’ve attempted 600 poems (and sent hundreds of notes to Dear Old Love) trying to find better...

Sep 24th

I Eat Cannibals

I’m not calling you. What I’m saying is, I want to eat you alive.

Sep 24th

Scrub

I finally threw out your toothbrush, but before I tossed it I used it to clean the toilet....

Sep 23rd

Thinking Away It All

Unfortunately, I am always thinking about you. Hope I can stop before I ruin my life.

Sep 23rd

Desert

When you were deployed I hated being looked at like one of those girlfriends whose boyfriend was in...

Sep 23rd

Which One?

Apparently being mentally crazy and crazy at sex go hand and hand. I just wish I could’ve had...

Sep 23rd

Hands Off

After all those years of virtual sex and fantasizing, when you finally got your hands on my body,...

Sep 23rd

Somewhere in Time

My dad said that The One would share my taste in music. We never did, but my heart speeds up every...

Sep 23rd

To Clarify

When I said “I just want you to be happy,” I meant happy with me, not with that jagbag.

Sep 23rd

Floor Show

The oddest regret I have is that we never wrestled on your living room floor.

Sep 23rd

What If I Wish for Other Stuff?

It’s your Birthday. I hope that when you blow out the candles your wish is that I’ll...

Sep 23rd

Georgia Rain

It’s flooding all over Georgia now, but my only worry is that you get home safely.

Sep 23rd

Kiss Me Deadly

The meanest thing I ever did was kiss you that night. I’m sorry.

Sep 23rd

All Yellow

I could have made that light, but I wanted to spend an extra few seconds in the car with you.

Sep 23rd

Don't Do This

You said, “Don’t do this.” But I did it. And I question my decision every day.

Sep 23rd

Ask Away

I can’t ask you to get back together with me—not after everything you put me through....

Sep 23rd

Noted

I remember the first note you ever left for me, pinned to my front door: “I’ll call you...

Sep 23rd

Timed Out

They say it takes time. I’m sick of time taking its time. Hurry up already.

Sep 22nd

Magnetic

When left alone with my thoughts they always turn to you

Sep 22nd

Thin Line

You forgot my birthday. Please carry on giving me reasons to fall out of love. Just not enough to...

Sep 22nd

Wrong Way

It must’ve been hard to constantly hear that you were doing things wrong, including things...

Sep 22nd

Unheld

I’ve never even held you and I still can’t let you go.

Sep 22nd

Sweet Dreams

One text message from you before bed and I have a night full of dreams of how we were.

Sep 22nd

Yearning All Around

I am convinced that the days I yearn for you the most, you are yearning for me.

Sep 21st

Pitaful

I still go to our Shawarma place every weekend.

Sep 21st

LDF

Can we at least have a long distance friendship?

Sep 21st

Icing

The emails I compose to you, in my attempts to win your heart, are my greatest achievement. And...

Sep 21st

Playing the Numbers

He’s not the first of my boyfriends to erase your number from my phone, but this is the first time I...

Sep 21st

Grand Prized

Not many people win the lottery and neglect to collect their winnings. Like you, for instance

Sep 21st

It's Never the Future

You said we could be together in the future. It’s the future now, so where are you?

Sep 21st

No Act

You thought all the actresses you worked with fell for you. You were always wrong, except about this...

Sep 21st

Accompaniment

Rock isn’t the same without you drumming along on the steering wheel.

Sep 21st

Out of Action

You’re the part of town that’s missing.

Sep 21st

Great Falls

As trashy and dishonest as it was, I loved driving I-90 at odd hours to meet you in dingy,...

Sep 21st

Floater

Stop floating in and out of my life.

Sep 21st

The Math Does Me

I’ve loved you for the last 20 years. I’m only 35.

Sep 20th

Let This Be a Lesson

I taught you how to fold towels and properly iron shirts. Didn’t you know you were in training...

Sep 20th

Outwardly OK

Someone asked if I’m married yet. I’m glad the fact you wrecked me is not apparent to...

Sep 20th

Get Back

Do you remember the you whose favorite part of the day was the 15 minutes you spent with me in your...

Sep 20th

Not Like I Imagined...

I love you. There—I said it. Happy?

Sep 20th

Next Gen

Stop reading my blog. Those posts are for my next old love.

Sep 20th

Tornado

I didn’t think a whirlwind romance could break my heart so completely.

Sep 20th

Well Learned

I asked you to describe all your exes with one word. You called her a “mystery,” while I...

Sep 20th

Docu Drama

After two years, I finally saw your cult documentary tonight. I wish I could tell you in person that...

Sep 20th

Wanna See My Aquarium?

Should have worked harder to get you up to my bedroom when you drove me home the other night.

Sep 20th

Off My Plate

You hated sharing your food with me when we went to dinner. You left me. I’m finally happy,...

Sep 20th

Blue Monday

Monday mornings are the hardest. They make me realize that I have just spent another weekend without...

Sep 19th

Path to Wisdom

It’s amazing what time, distance, and a year on anti-depressants can make you realize. We...

Sep 19th

A Piece of Fate

I don’t believe in fate, but I do believe we’re supposed to be together.

Sep 19th

Progress

I’m finally starting to remember you fondly instead of bursting into tears at the mere mention...

Sep 19th

Just

Unfortunately, with you, a kiss was always just a kiss.

Sep 19th

And Vice-Versa

Just because I’m no good at love doesn’t mean love’s no good.

Sep 18th

Eeep

Simply seeing your Facebook page induces my stress-induced irritable bowel syndrome.

Sep 18th

Feng Ptooey

Even though you were two buildings away I had to rearrange by bedroom so that I wouldn’t have...

Sep 18th

We Never Do

I know I said, “Don’t worry about dinner, come home whenever.” But c’mon. I...

Sep 18th

Fall

The end of summer broke my heart.

Sep 18th

First Again

You said you liked me from the first time you saw me. I wish you’d look at me again for the...

Sep 18th

My Mornings Are Free

Progress here. I didn’t think about you first thing this morning. I only thought about you for...

Sep 18th

Crystal Baller

You knew when we started dating exactly when and how you’d leave me.

Sep 17th

New Terms of Agreement

We had an agreement that if neither of us were married in 15 years, we’d tie the knot. Can we...

Sep 17th

MDMA

Meeting you for a drink is like popping ecstatsy, only it takes me a week to come down.

Sep 17th

Unsynchronized

We never wanted to listen to the same music at the same time. That probably explains why we never...

Sep 17th

Harley Fair

I thought the motorcycle club you joined was a service organization. When you left me to crawl out...

Sep 17th

You Sea?

While my husband plays his suffocating possession games, I close my eyes and find that I am...

Sep 17th

Polka

My life is in polka dots. Empty patches of dark holes you created when you walked out our door.

Sep 16th

Transfer

Every time I meet someone new, handsome, and interesting, I fall more in love with you instead.

Sep 16th

Pan Out

I should have noticed your uncanny similarities to Peter Pan earlier in our relationship.  I choose...

Sep 16th

I's the Crouton

On our first date we playfully fought over whether only lettuce and dressing combined was a salad....

Sep 16th

Well Hung Up

Please don’t let me be hung up on you for years.

Sep 16th

1>3

I can’t stand that now that you’re with her, when you look back and remember your...

Sep 16th

T'd Off

No one will ever look as good as I did in your baggy t-shirts.

Sep 16th

Leave a Miss

I check my phone every morning in hope that you’ll have left a missed call.

Sep 16th

Skinned Alive

I can’t even see my own skin without remembering how you used to kiss it.

Sep 16th

Flinging Away

I love how you’re a recurring fling. I’ll definitely miss you when I finally settle down...

Sep 16th

French Fried

Remember when I rode my bike to flirt with you while you worked at McDonalds? I drove by...

Sep 16th

Make Believe Believer

That one last night of pretending everything was okay was one of the happiest I’ve ever had.

Sep 16th

We Were

Memories of what we were are so much easier to love.

Sep 16th

Mom & Me

They met him, like him, and think he is better for me; but my mother still loves and wants to adopt...

Sep 15th

Really? I Like the Bike/Mohawk Combo

I’m mostly upset because of the bad timing of our breakup: she gets you with a car and nice...

Sep 15th

As with Most Fame

If I ever really become famous, it will happen because I want to show off to you and spite her.

Sep 15th

Green Monster

Our love seems to run a course opposite to how the Red Sox are doing. For the first time in my life,...

Sep 15th

Happy Sad Tidbits

When I see pictures of someone’s vacation, or hear of the beginnings of a relationship, my...

Sep 15th

Recur

Last night, I dreamed about you for the first time in years. Damnit.

Sep 15th

Real Destination

The 5 hour ride to visit someone else was secretly thrilling knowing you would be there too.

Sep 15th

Mr. Notober

You asked how I could bench the MVP. You weren’t benched…you were cut.

Sep 15th

Yes, Yes, No

I can get over the fact that you cheated. I can get over the fact that you lied. I can’t get...

Sep 14th

Wedding Checklist

I just worked on my list of people I want at our wedding. Now I just need you to work on coming back...

Sep 14th

Taking Back the A-Hole

I’d take you back in a heartbeat, asshole.

Sep 14th

You're OK, I'm Not OK

Have you been OK without me? Because I have NOT been OK without you.

Sep 14th

Right After Never

If you love me, I’d like to know now, please. Sooner rather than later is gone, but later is...

Sep 14th

Delayed Gratification

I have friends who were friends for 10 years before they finally became a couple. They give me hope...

Sep 14th

London Rain

You promised to always hold an umbrella over me when it rained. Now I live in London, and it always...

Sep 14th

Heavy Lid

We convinced ourselves that we’re better off not sharing in each other’s mundane,...

Sep 14th

I'm Right Here

I spend most of my days making myself easy to find, in case you’re looking. But I may as well...

Sep 14th

C&I

I’m sorry I ditched you and moved away, just when things were getting rather cozy and...

Sep 14th

New Things

I hope you think of the time in back of your car in front of the construction site. The night we...

Sep 14th

Shook Down

Once again, I find the snowglobe of my life shaken and thrown out the window.

Sep 14th

Can't Sweat This Out

I still sleep in your old high school gym shirt. It fits me like you used to.

Sep 14th

Blatant

I couldn’t read your mind, but I loved that your feelings were obvious.

Sep 13th

Playing the Percentages

I’ve spent 15% of my life loving you, 10% of my life crying over you, and 30% of my life...

Sep 13th

For the Longest Time

Even though the singing was bad, I loved when you sang Billy Joel to me in bed.

Sep 13th

Wounded

You cried out my name from your drunken hospital bed. It confirmed everything for me.

Sep 13th

9/12/09

Happy Anniversary! Dear Old Love has been around for a year. To celebrate we’ll carry on as...

Sep 12th

Working From Home

Can I come curl up under the covers next to you and hide from the job market?

Sep 12th

Three To Be You and Me

When you suggested a threesome, I was confused and excited. I thought you’d been reading my...

Sep 12th

Food Network

When I made you dinner, you’d say I had a lot of great local restaurants to compete with....

Sep 12th

I Couldn't Help But Wonder...

I hate Carrie Bradshaw because a man couldn’t accidentally glance in her direction without her...

Sep 12th

First Responder

Three years later, and I don’t remember much about the accident, but I vividly remember you...

Sep 12th

First Aid

Remember at work when I sliced my hand with a boxcutter? You bandaged it up, and it was the closest...

Sep 12th

Dog Years

Whenever I say I love and miss your dog, I really mean I love and miss you.

Sep 12th

Hey, Leave Mom Out of This

I wish I knew the girl who ruined your ability to commit in future relationships so I could go back...

Sep 11th

How Splenda

You faked loving me so well that now I can’t tell the difference.

Sep 11th

Defying Expectations

I only pretend to be strong and okay without you because I know you don’t expect me to be...

Sep 11th

That Wasn't Enough?

Unfortunately we only had one interest in common: You.

Sep 11th

Permanent

The happiest I’ve ever felt was that night the three of us drew all over each other with...

Sep 11th

Pulling the Strings

I picked out my new apartment because I thought it was someplace you’d like, even though...

Sep 11th

Chef On

I still make as much food as I did when I cooked for us in our Berlin kitchen. And just like old...

Sep 11th

Type Casting

I think it’s sad that the movie you wrote about our love is in production now that we’re...

Sep 11th

Little of Both?

At least once a week I think I see you on the street, even though you live on the other side of the...

Sep 11th

Threadbare

I still sleep in your t-shirt, and it’s so worn I worry about it in the washing machine.

Sep 11th

Far From

You were far from my first lover, but I hoped you’d be the last.

Sep 11th

Awk

You know whose shoulder I want to cry on about our breakup? Your mom’s.

Sep 11th

D(uh)!

If/when I see you next, I’m afraid I will: a) fall down melodramatically, b) cry...

Sep 11th

Cool Comfort

I always wanted to be on Dear Old Love. Since we broke up, two of my notes have been posted....

Sep 11th

They Sound Better

For someone who knew it was a never the whole time, you sure did give me a lot of alwayses.

Sep 10th

The Angle of the Sun

I love you differently in the morning than I do in the afternoon.

Sep 10th

Boomer-rang

Looking back I realize you were one of your favorite movies: The Big Chill.

Sep 10th

This American Graffiti's Been Cleaned

I miss being the happening gal you’d give your pin to and take for a ride in daddy’s car.

Sep 10th

Eau de Tavern

Now at the end of the night I drink a beer and smoke a couple cigarettes so I can taste and smell...

Sep 10th

Drunk On

Everything you did to me was intoxicating. But I could only take so many hangovers.

Sep 10th

Bless Mommy, Daddy, and Exey

Most nights, I pray for happiness to find you.

Sep 9th

Little Black Dress Magic

My little black dress has worked on every other guy I’ve dated. Too bad I never had the...

Sep 9th

Surf Is Up

Next summer, I’m going to drive down the coast and amaze you with my newfound surfing skills. ...

Sep 9th

Colorize Me

You met me in my heyday. Now I’m just another Turner Classic.

Sep 9th

Gearhead

Now I think it’s at least slightly funny that you threw a bicycle at me.

Sep 9th

Wolfing Down

We used to walk your neighborhood on foggy nights and I’d imagine us as a couple wolves on the...

Sep 9th

Tolerance

My friends always tell me I put up with too much crap from guys. Honestly, I wish I’d put up...

Sep 9th

Equipment Delay

You told me that as soon as you got your ¨long distance relationship equipment¨ installed in your...

Sep 9th

Based on Recent Activity

How I feel for you is pretty much like Tumblarity. I try to ignore the fact that it’s there,...

Sep 9th

Suck It Up

Your hair on my pillow didn’t make me smile. It made me grab the Dustbuster.

Sep 8th

In the Cards and Stars

In India, I met a fortune-teller who told me I had to let go of the guy who hurt me. Apparently,...

Sep 8th

"Impregnate Me, Big Boy"

I heard you got married. I miss the way you would whisper to get you pregnant. I hope you are soon.

Sep 8th

Red in the Heart

I’m embarrassed that it took so long for me to get over you.

Sep 8th

Conservation of Love

It was when I learned to love myself that I unlearned to love you.

Sep 8th

Treed

It comforts me to know that at least we have that oak tree—our names too high up for you to remove.

Sep 8th

L,M

There’s a reason why I used to sign all my letters to you with just “Me.” I knew...

Sep 8th

New Day, Old Night

Sunrises are brighter without you; sunsets are just as lonely.

Sep 8th

The Bismol Science

You’re the pit in my stomach that won’t go away. I’m the idiot who never takes...

Sep 8th

Amazon Subprime

One Large Condom Sampler? Less than a month after we stopped sleeping together, it appears...

Sep 8th

No Rest, No Peace

Our relationship lives on in my memories. Letting it all go would mean letting it all rest in peace,...

Sep 8th

Not Sporting

I’m happiest I let you go after bad dreams, when I bury myself in his strong football arms...

Sep 8th

Our Lyrics

I still sing “jellybean” in stead of “gelatine” whenever Killer Queen comes...

Sep 7th

Wipe

The Brawny man looks like you so I buy those paper towels.

Sep 7th

Downshift

It just wasn’t the same after our shifts changed.

Sep 7th

Lying High

If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.  So yes, I really prefer just being your...

Sep 7th

Awake Here

I can’t sleep thinking that you can.

Sep 7th

The Time Makes No Difference

I wish—more than most things—that you loved me back when we had a chance. But now would be fine,...

Sep 7th

Buns Away

Let’s devote a whole paycheck to buying supplies for a food fight! Oh, right, you were always...

Sep 7th

Fast Numbers

We never slow danced.

Sep 7th

Ungive Up

I’d just about given up by the time I met you.

Sep 6th

Still Good on Dandelions

I want you to know that you ruined my belief in the following things: shooting stars, wishing wells,...

Sep 6th

My Jalapeno Popper

We’re never going to be each other’s main course.

Sep 6th

Geography Destiny?

I keep telling myself, “If I’d never moved to Eugene, I would have never met you.”...

Sep 6th

Metamorphosis

I collect butterflies now.  It’s not the same as feeling them, though.

Sep 6th

Final Answer

Even though you barely graduated from high school, I would use you as my life line on the million...

Sep 6th

Cat Update

You’re the only person other than my grandma to ever ask about my cat. He’s still...

Sep 6th

Keep it a Memory

Just because I reminisce about us doesn’t mean I want you back.

Sep 5th

So Will You?

I’ve got a lotta nerve to ask you to love me again.

Sep 5th

Winners Never Win

Enough with the games already. You won. Get back in my life already.

Sep 5th

Directions

I just brought home an iPhone. It says it takes 2 days and 10 hours to walk to your house, which I...

Sep 5th

Say It First and Fast

I said “I love you” first, and it was the best thing I’d ever done.

Sep 5th

Ear This

I hated it when you sucked on my ear, but whenever he does it, it’s amazing.

Sep 5th

Well Polled

If it’s worth anything, my approval ratings for Barack Obama and you are still hovering around...

Sep 4th

Teardown

I’m glad to see the field and canal where we spent so much time together get torn up by people...

Sep 4th

Sniper

Yes, I have noticed that you’re de-friending my friends one by one on Facebook.

Sep 4th

They Heal

Why can’t you forgive me for breaking your heart?

Sep 4th

Better Off Gay

Your being gay I could’ve lived with. But your going back to her strikes me dead.

Sep 4th

Equally Missed

I swore I wouldn’t miss you unless you missed me, too. Just so I won’t be a liar, I sure...

Sep 4th

No Lovers Lane

You misunderstood. I just wanted some love…not a lover.

Sep 4th

Web MDude

Unlike you, he doesn’t worry incessantly and look up every symptom when I get sick.

Sep 4th

Burly Man

I felt so much better about you breaking my heart after I saw you clean-shaven and realized I might...

Sep 4th

Moleskine Off My Back

Every time he does something you used to do, I sigh with relief. Now, I will no longer associate...

Sep 4th

Together Apart

Our wedding day, the birth of our babies, buying our first home…all of these things...

Sep 4th

Missed

I know. I missed my chance.

Sep 3rd

Walking the Line

If you’d asked, I would have walked 10,000 miles for you. The beauty of him, though, is that...

Sep 3rd

Holiday Fortune

I should have listened to the psychic with the stuffed giant Santa Claus doll in her office.

Sep 3rd

Nesty, Aren't We?

You called me a “nester” so disdainfully.

Sep 3rd

Who Owns What

If she only knew that the sofa she sits on, the dining table she eats at, the bed she lays in, and...

Sep 3rd

Nowhere Else?

I feel like I can’t type this anywhere else without you seeing it and knowing, but: I love...

Sep 3rd

Returned to Sender

I spend hours composing emails to you, in an attempt to win your heart. Your emails back don’t...

Sep 3rd

Say It With Kisses

I wouldn’t have much to say except to kiss you all over your face and hands.

Sep 2nd

Last Chance for Mary Jane?

When I told you that I loved you and wanted to be with you forever, you said that the only woman you...

Sep 2nd

Ticket to Park

I am not talking to you now mainly because I don’t want to return your visitor parking permit.

Sep 2nd

Cell and Mate

I went to jail last night for being drunk in public. All I could think about was you.

Sep 2nd

Maybe

I always thought we were just meant to be. Was I wrong?

Sep 2nd

With Childs

Today, when I found out that you were pregnant, all I wanted to do was drive down Main Street twenty...

Sep 2nd

Survey Says

I keep trying to do Facebook surveys to occupy my time, but too many of the questions have to do...

Sep 2nd

Scent of a Season

The scent of Marlboro Lights and D&G mixed with summer nights still takes my breath away.

Sep 2nd

Straddle Onward

Why are you not straddling me right now?

Sep 2nd

Weekend Shift

I’ll always remember that late Sunday you showed up to take me out after work. We were a...

Sep 2nd

Breathplay

I racked up hundreds of dollars in cellphone bills all because you wanted to “hear me...

Sep 2nd

Toothbrush-Off

Even though I hadn’t slept over in months, my bathroom stuff was right where I left it. Is...

Sep 1st

Non-Returnable

Not only would I like my furniture, books and records back. But I’d like the last two years of...

Sep 1st

Verse One

How many poems do I need to read without wanting to look up at you and say, “Listen to this...

Sep 1st

Presotted

The worst part of breaking up with you was knowing you wouldn’t even notice, because you were...

Sep 1st

Old Feelings Never Die, They Just

I wonder why I am so nice to you, then I remember my feelings never died—yours did.

Sep 1st

Cashed

You always said to bank the good times so that they will be there to help us through the bad times....

Sep 1st