having had

When Love and Doubt meet,
They embrace awkwardly,

each disappointed in the other.
Love is disappointed that Doubt is where she thought another love was.
Doubt is disappointed that Love is not what she thought Love was.
And so, they embrace gingerly,
as if the other were a porcupine

"Is that yours or mine,
my little porcupine?"
"Cuddle in close...
I want to feel. your. spines."

Love and Doubt have a knack for having had...

having had an office key, a job, a car, a home, a love...

she dusts herself off, and,
in bafflement, asks, "What happened?"
The world is her oyster,
but what is that?

She has a knack for having had...
...but never cared for shellfish.