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Regarding Marriage |
It's a battle
but without the uppercuts to the jaw,
the swinging haymakers.
There's no broken noses,
no bruises, no blood,
no searing pain in the mid-section.
We don't differentiate by weight class.
I'm not heavy. She's not cruiser.
We don't wear wrist straps or mouth guards or gloves.
We don't warm up with a punching bag.
There's no ring in the bedroom
nor baying crowds.
The kitchen has never seen the likes
of Ali-Frazier or Johnson-Burns.
We don't even raise our voices
so that rules out all orators, debaters,
strikers, and people screaming help.
Okay, so we don't raise our voices
except for the last.
copyright 2015
John
Grey |
