Zoe would soon be turning thirty-one and sent everyone,
especially Aling Vera, her-know-it-all mom,
in a desperate frenzy to find her a husband.
But she’d had enough of those men whose shallow promises
left her heartbroken in the end.
Her world would be better off without them,
after all,
Nobody had claimed that staying single would
make someone’s life dull.
Contrary to that, she’d have all the time
loving herself and be just too happy to mind how lonesome it would be growing old alone.
Nothing, not even short of Aling Vera’s threat of disowning her as her daughter
could ever change her conviction.
She’s already looking forward
to watching the sunset alone on a rickety-rockity chair.
With a good book by her side, a DIY or even better, a witchcraft book,
maybe she’d learn the voodoo thing
and practice her expertise on her jerk-exes.
She’d probably adopt a kitten, too,
just to make everything look authentic.
Huwag lang siyang pakikialam ni Paquito,
at talagang tuloy-tuloy na
ang pagiging matandang dalaga niya
