The Couple Agrees

			
How many couples now agree,
“I do not love you,” and,
“I do not love you”
‘Let us go, take our leave
Let us dissolve the bond,
Plastic, easily formed,
So easily broken’
So they file the forms,
Offer a final hug,
Quiet the habit to kiss
And part
 
What of the man, the wife,
Who scorned Love’s fickle word,
Who stayed in spite, to spite
His or her sharp tongue?
A duel blunts both blades,
And dull blades do not cut
Quite as easily as the freshly forged