My first husband
Said I smiled too much
So I tried to be cooler.
He thought smiling people were shallow
Unlike him.
He had great depth
Unlike me.
For years every time I started to smile
I would straighten out my face and turn
The corners of my mouth down
In a gloomy and poetic manner
Which unfortunately never lasted too long
Because I forgot right away.
I seem to have an incurable case of shallow.