Hazards of Safety

she was afraid her husband would die first

leave her to learn how

to live with the woman in her mirror

not the girl in his eyes

thirteen in bobby sox and crinolines the first time he saw her

later, holding her hand as she swooned over Elvis

telling himself he would always be her real heartthrob, muse

she would never have to worry about anything

would want for nothing while he was alive

which is what happened