Yes, I am frightened. I watch

couples who don’t hold hands

and who cringe before they kiss.

I hear expletives stuck in my walls.

I’m picking up condom wrappers

on the sidewalk when I remember

someday we’ll all be dead. Swans

and penguins mate for life. So do

male widow spiders. We try, too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo by Simon Winch