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THE MARRIAGE WAR
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JOURNAL#26 artfully inappropriate
lackadaisical folly
painted as precocious
unfinished murals with no ceilings
to create the barest illusion
of a gallery
not really even a house of cards
but rather a ramshackle shed
what sort of alliance is that
yen made of weakened targets
versus yang with a sniper's
enviable aim
such destiny was meant to collapse
once the romance rations ran out
the ammunition though seemed like
a humorless joke
both amateur combatants
put down their useless weapons
embarrassed and fatigued
they went back home
to bleed in peace
wearing each their bandages
of concession
fully knowing they could only truly heal
if they withdrew from the hopeless front lines
neither really lost the battle
they both merely survived the war
and learned in the process
when to stop beating up on the dead of the
selected enemy.............
(written Jan. 2, 2002 2am)
