Cupid's Arrow Trial by Numerous Misfires
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 12 years.
Feeling like Cloud Nine isn't a high enough cloud to be on
Need to create a new type of nature's cotton ball
Dancing lead for the "Prime Time Act" at Cupid's new restaurant
With either Gene or Fred as the co-captain of the affair
Moment feeling as effortless as eating my favorite Cotton Candy
From the best vendor on Coney Island
No fear of gaining any of the 20 pounds lost on Atkins
An illusion, of course, after the first batch of the pink confection
A vice just as potent as the one that chokes the heart strings
Believing that the romantic Angel food cake will conquer all
Struggling with the reality that Hallmark and Nora Roberts don't know all
Once the couple rides off into the sunset, life sets in and pretense vanishes
Into the endless ether where truth and compromise weigh more
Than just the usual emotional horse hair clogs in your private shower drain
A clichéd metaphor that surprisingly fits come to think of it
Reality usually tended to place intense tangles into any romantic setting
Disagreements and too many crushed toes mar the once perfect pair
Egos and over-the-top Bob Mackie costumes torpedo the act for good
Even Fred and Ginger had their off nights, but they couldn’t overcome this
A betrayal so staggering that Liz Smith and Page Six will devour for many months
Fallout so deadly that one of them will be living in Sing Sing or Attica
For the next 5 to 10 years; depending on what the jury dishes out at sentencing
A lesson many men will take to heart; and many feminists will cringe over
Shaking in their boots as to how a once dynamic partnership
Got so completely derailed off the train tracks
Leading to the epic train wreck that it became with a jury of their peers deciding
What came next in the aftermath of such a preventable tragedy
Leaving a black mark for anyone named Cupid holding their famous bow and arrow
Closing the doors of the restaurant and on the act for good.