Sad Girls

By Michael Colbert

Bri asked why I let myself get to this Sad Girls space
which is different from sad girl space
because here I watch women
and men who I love to hate be miserable
couple and uncouple
agitated magnets like we’re at the fucking north pole
and every show–ending song “hits”
because it’s about unrequited love
it’s I’m over you wink wink
it’s that Someday you’ll want me to want you
so I cry every episode
because someone’s always not
getting who they want
or someone’s getting back together maybe
even if it’s bad
and all this is good because
maybe I’m learning loving kindness
not judging feelings but letting them
be and it’s nice to break
from Lana Del Rey.
That album plays all day in my apartment, my car
I watch the music video on TV. Sometimes her tears
make me try to cry too