Being single

‘A discovery is an accident meeting a prepared mind.’

Like a broken down lawnmower in an overgrown garden

you are single again and you convince yourself that being single

is like LSD or the microwave or post-it notes;

an invention stumbled upon by mistake.

You are on your own again but you like it

it's not the way you thought your life would go

like the man walking his dog who noticed

prickly seeds sticking to its fur

and invented Velcro.