Petty Salad Takedown By Taylor Dibbert

He makes
A salad for
The four
Of them
To go
With the
Amy’s pizza
That they
Are having
For dinner
And shortly after
The four
Of them
Sit down
To dinner
His wife
Starts complaining
About the salad
And says that
Certain pieces
Of arugula
Are bad and
Should have never
Made their way
Into the salad,
The kids don’t
Say anything
During this time,
He hasn’t given up
On their marriage
At this point
And he doesn’t
Fully appreciate
The consequences
Of that decision
Until later
Because what’s coming
Will be far worse
Than this
Petty salad takedown.

Taylor Dibbert is a writer, journalist, and poet in Washington, DC. “Rescue Dog,” his fifth book, was published in May.