I.
Please do not presume
That the lack of a prerequisite prenup
Predicates the proposal
Of a postnup
Thirty years later
When the house needs protection
From the wife,
Who strayed

II.
Once she was surgically removed
from her life support system,
the cul-de-sac
She discovered that breathing on her own
was not impossible after all.

III.
They sent her away
To a place called LA
Where childhood demons
Could exorcise

They promised her truth
A revelation of youth
Spent parenting
Immature parents

She returned from the coast
Her marriage, burnt toast
But her future as bright
As the Hollywood sun

IV.
Life, it goes on,
Even when organs are gone
Once thought critical to being.

V.
Pre-op: Silence. Post-op: Serenity.