Pretty Good Day

Pretty Good Day
by Jennifer Roth

I woke up this morning almost on time.

I only spent ten minutes in the shower.

I only tried on 3 different dresses and I wore the one with a skirt that rests just above my knees. I wore the black on that you liked and I only spent a few minutes thinking am I showing too much leg?

I only had to take two pills. I only drank one beer to help me sleep.

I didn't even take the tranquilizers.

I didn't have to load the gun.

I didn't have to barricade my bedroom door last night.

Because you don't live here anymore. I have made this mine. Sometimes you're still a visitor but at bedtime, I ask you to leave.

You've begun to measure your life in miles and conquests and completed desires.

I found that wishes and inches are much more precious than they ever were before.

So, I wanted you to know I only thought of you once or twice today.

And that's a pretty good day.