there are uninformed individuals
who would have you believe
that you are not my love
but do not heed their truth empty words
as they know not just what it is that they
all too freely speak of
a complex yet unique structure
this frightful contract
which we lavishly label as a marriage
perhaps so to better survive
from the image of June Cleaver
I should tear a page (or two)
so to modernize as I revise
as the prerequisite for happy endings
is so difficult to competently
nationalize
never ending growth is an accomplishment
affordable to only those who strive to be
conclusively aware...................
(July 28, 1998)