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2022-10-20T15:06:16-07:00January 29th, 2011|Relationships|

A radical marriage experiment

It was early on
in their relationship.
She was mad,
she can’t remember why,
and then he joined her in the shower
with his clothes on.

Theirs is a radical marriage
experiment.

No red roses
and fancy dinners.
Anniversary cards
bought at the pharmacy
are definitely out.

But every day
when one of them leaves the house,
they holler in the English accent of
a distinguished chap:

So long, fair crumpet, you old friend!

Silliness,
they tell me,
is like pliers
on talons of pride.

And so they find themselves
disoriented
every day
in a moment of joy,
unable to find their way back from there
to the inky spread of
resentment.

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