Number 40 on My Bucket List

Number 40 on My Bucket List
by Kristina England
Flirt with five men
on the same day.
Man #1:
Single.
Young.
Nice-looking.
He’ll perspire at the word marriage
before
after
or between
the word sex.
Man #2:
Divorced.
Sterile.
Experienced.
He’ll have 2.5 kids
and a pet hamster.
Yes, a pet hamster.
Man #3:
A woman dressed as a man
with a swagger that says:
“Something more is here.”
Man #4:
Old.
Wrinkled.
Bad knees.
He’ll need help crossing the street,
feet unable to keep up with his walker.
Man #5:
Dead.
Buried.
Six-feet-under.
I’ll bring along flowers,
cheap wine, and poetry,
drink and read at his tombstone
until the moon says, “Go home.”