Cindy Glovinsky

Night Thoughts
 
The romance that I savored ended badly.
That “job success” turned out to be a bust.
The friend I loved and trusted once betrayed me,
While countless dreams and joys dissolved to dust.  

The poem I thought was brilliant got rejected.
The dress I bought was stunning till it tore. 
Our dream house sadly proved to be infested
With roaches camping on our kitchen floor.

At night I lie awake and summon memories,
But every happy one is somehow tainted:
The honeymoon disrupted by our families,
The room that turned out ugly that we painted. . . 

Oh, stop!  Life wasn’t perfect, but so what?
That dog we loved so dearly was a mutt.  

Cindy Glovinsky’s poems and stories have appeared in Aries, Barbaric Yawp, Bear River Review, The Chaffin Journal, Connecticut River Review, Fresh Words, Illuminations, Last Stanza Poetry Journal, Loch Raven Review, One Page Poetry Anthology, Pacific Coast Journal, Plainsongs, Ploughshares and Pulsebeat. Her poetry collection, Unclenching, was released in 2023 by Finishing Line Press. Her poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and made the finals for the Tucson Literary Festival Contest. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan and has degrees in music, English, and social work from Oberlin College and the University of Michigan.