The Way To Make An Ex Is This
An e(X) Series Poem
The way to make an ex is this
Scream upon his ear with fear
All the things that you hold dear
Force upon him future wishes
Braced upon present misses
Pound and push your fleeting demand
Until he comes with reprimand
Keep this up for days on end
I promise you a finale grand.
His will be the following response
Walking quickly out of your house.
Inspiration For This Poem
As I reflect on the relationships throughout my life, I realized there are a lot of exes: ex-friends, ex-coworkers, ex-boyfriends, ex-husband and more. Thus came my idea of a collection of poems dedicated to e(X)s: Things crossed out along the way on my journey.
This poem is something that popped into my head to the cadence of Emily Dickinson’s “The Way I read a Letter's—this.”
I love Mark Chestnutt’s “That’s The Way You Make An Ex,” a superbly funny country version of how to lose a woman. So I wanted to create a female, non-country, witty, lacking wisdom response. The sum of Chestnutt’s advice comes in the chorus:
So listen to my words of no wisdom
There's no secret to my lack of success
Once she draws the line just cross it one time
That's the way you make an ex
If you want a good laugh about what a fed-up woman does when her man isn’t on the same page, take a listen…
About the Creator
Stephanie J. Bradberry
I have a passion for literature and anime. And I love everything involving academia, health, metaphysics and entrepreneurship.
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Comments (12)
I'll keep this in mind for when I need to get rid 😁
Great poem and I love Emily Dickinson! The show on Apple TV was so fire. I miss it so much.
I love that there will be a collection! This was well written, and it’s inspiring me. I could definitely write a how-to for driving people away.
Very well done. And loved that song.
Very relatable, I think you should make a longer expanded version of this poem.
Loved & thoroughly enjoyed both the poem & the song.
sister you have nice work keep going don't stop
Spectacular & know I know!!! Loved it!!!❤️❤️💕
I feel like this method would work very well. 🥹 Awesome poem and I loved the afterword 🥹❤️
Sounds like a successful method. I love the wording and the rhymes as well as the added tidbits. Well done, Stephanie.
lol. Great poem.
Great poem. Would have made a fitting flip-side to 50 ways to leave your lover, perhaps.