Instructions

printed on a card, or construction paper.

Do you have a card,
Full of the ‘how to’s ‘
In a successful life?
If I can’t listen
To instructions
At my age
I’m in trouble.

Do you have a card?
Three marriages later
I should know
What
It takes
To make them happy.

Do you have a card
About the ways
To stay the course?
Hindsight
Is terrible
Everything
Looks better.

Do you have a card
With pictures of
Staying power.
As you can see
I am not strong-suited
for single life.

Who is
Made right
And perfect?
No one.

Someone
Speaks
Photos
Words...

Do you have a card?
I might call you
sometime.