Step to the Mike?

Why is every third man I meet named Mike ?
It takes a nation of Mikes to hold me down
The Mike who wanted to be my slave
The Mike my friend gave me on loaner
The Mike who dropped me off at the movies
to get tickets - and left me stranded
The Mike who wanted to take my virginity away and
Left when he didn’t
The Mike who asked my friend out while we were still dating
The Mike who I brought to my friend’s party and he ripped her off
The Mike who was suppose to be my friend and lover and kicked me out of his
house when he got off
The Mike that trail sized me
The Mike who "accidentally" fucked other women while we were going out
The Mike that gave his other girlfriends ( who weren’t suppose to exist ) my
number to call in case of emergency
The Mike who took me on the best date and never called
The Mike who drove me around in his Pinto while sucking down his daughter’s
gummy bears and telling me his conspiracy theories
The mike who dated me, even though he was gay, but wasn’t quite attracted
enough to me to become bisexual
The Miguel who... well, you get the idea

Ashley Taylor Clayton

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