His Many Bloody Ends

by Michele Rocha

How many revenge plots have I hatched
Drew into life through tortured pain

How many times have I hacked him to death
Drowned him
Pulled his heart out and stomped it

Had him drawn and quartered
Hung him from a dead tree
And watched him twitch into oblivion

Regretting that he ever hurt me

I published all his dirty secrets
Turned all his admirers into enemies
Made him lose everything he respected

Ran him out of town in shame and disgrace
and then ran him over with my car

Pushed him into a burning building
Killed everyone he loved
Even our children

Not loving me meant he would never love again
Dead men don’t have girlfriends

Let his meaningless life pour out onto the ground
He will never breathe joy again

Know that with me
His heartlessness ends