Someone Like Her

Showing me a picture
Of a very young woman
The man smiled
Saying
She made him happy.

Taking the direct approach
I asked the difference
In their ages.

Twenty six years.

Knowing he had just received
An inheritance
I posed the next question.

Is she asking for money?

Well, yeah
He said.
She has a lot of bills.
She has a kid.
She doesn’t work.
But, God
Isn’t she pretty?

Question three:
Do you ever feel you’re being
Used?

He smiled awkwardly.

But, damn!
Where ever could I find someone
Like her?

I ended the interview.
But he wanted to keep talking.

Her name is…

I held up my hand
Hoping he’d stop.

I knew her name.

It’s Legion.