may we all be heard
words are bells
let them ring!


Thom World Poet Austin, Texas, USA
Global Radical networker and activist for promoting the live Creative Arts,
at every possible opportunity, especially in his home-city, Austin, Texas, USA


Saturday, June 25, 2011

POST COUPLES COUPLETS

After breakup-fragments,remains
Are lovers friends?Will anger maintain?

Split infinitives-grammatically awkward
when seen in public as ex-partners

And when the NEW wo/man is seen by side
how deal with possession/territoriality denied?

Children become a separate issue
Love them,but deny the father/mother

Diplomacy fails/hostilities commence
Counseling requires permission and truth access

Less a failure of relation/ship
More a sinking of USS TRUST

Violation may be physical or emotional
Sometimes both,sometimes withdrawal of affections

Distances make enemies/borders
only define property settlements

You can never go back to Eden
Snake wisdom bites the apple

IF and IF ONLY return each night
to be banished by BUT and I CANNOT

The friend and companion you trusted once
now has another(only space for one!

You may settle as solo for a time
Relationships are a temporary crime

Eventually,change will come
Perhaps in the form of another one

And you may seek to make two
But there will always be a three-your history

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