Because You Looked Pissed

[Todd]

I bought you this card;
it was blank like my love.
I didn’t want to commit
to a date I couldn’t recall.
It might have been a first

kiss, no
anniversary, something

about a cat we rescued. All lost
in the slurry of our years.

So, I copied some verse
from another card
to be thoughtful.
It reminded me of someone
like you. It was as broad
as a medium cold reading,
or FBI profile.
There’s a little bit of everyone here,

perhaps even you.

[dukealien]

Ow! Too honest!

OTOH, we poke fun at greeting card writers, but their verses have their uses.

And, though honesty doesn't work in so many cases, well, maybe she laughed.

[Valerie Please]

I also love this poem. My favorite feature is the speaker's voice. It plays on an old trope: insensitive male partner who is always in trouble with his ball and chain. From the title, we are set up to sympathize with the narrator in the glare of the pissy woman. But the greeting card really becomes a metaphor for him as he accidentally reveals his own lack of empathy and disconnection.

[MelaniaStarHans]

It might have been a first

kiss, no
anniversary, something

about a cat we rescued. All lost
in the slurry of our years.

I find the irregular amount of spacing in your poem to be rather comforting. It's as if you're speaking out loud and you're pausing, unsure what to say.