Isn’t this always a part of relationships?
Probably more times than we can count.
Unless, you are a couple who never fights,
never has a serious argument—
she to tears usually, he to anger—
now we’re talking about the impossible,
like getting along perfectly
with every family member and everyone
you knew across your entire life.
Yet the good times always intervene—
a child wins a school award,
an unexpected raise, you buy a new car,
any kind of good news, or just the ache
of wanting to be together.
So wild sex is one way of healing,
through passion where hot, sweaty bodies
roil and take over the mind.
Pleasure, the goddess Lethe of Forget.
But old age changes things,
doesn’t it? The arguments and fights
do not go away, but the libido does.
So, spontaneously, he says:
“Let’s go out for Chicago dogs!”
Silently, she just gets into the car.
Kosher dogs, mustard, onions,
Kosher dills, tomatoes
celery salt, in a sesame seed bun.
Skip the hot peppers at our age.
Originally published in Cajun Mutt Press