HE GOES ALONE TO COUPLES THERAPY
And finds that it is mostly
a matter of listening to the other
Honoring equals love, or trumps it,
or extends it, or replaces it nicely
Respect means never having
to say you’re sorry, when you’re not
and will know you’re lying anyway
Hours are fifty minutes long
the other ten a gift from God
He goes home, his feet lighter
for the shadows sown on
He is afraid people
will think that he can’t spell
and means sewn, like Peter Pan
not seeds, and seeds, and soil