Hour 4

it is an institution that has outlived our purposes

possibly

but we are dreamers, are we not?

perhaps, though, we are ready to give up on the illusion

that there is more than a middlin’ chance of survival,

of true love, of a forever love, of a lifetime commitment

and of monogamy in general

but have we given up on the entire notion

of growing old together?

2 thoughts on “Hour 4

  1. This piece falls wonderfully between a currently raging debate and the wants of the very human heart. Excellent.

    My favorite line is
    ‘that there is more than a middlin’ chance of survival’ as the inclusion of the stylistic ‘middlin’ in contrast with the rather eloquent phrasings found in the rest of the piece tell me there’s another person speaking in this poem or that the author is hearkening back to a place, maybe even a place where monogamy and marriage were so championed.

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