FOUR LETTERS

Love: A temporary Insanity cured by marriage.

--Ambrose Bierce

Love, a four lettered word that drives out another four lettered word when that four letter word lead to a finalizing four letter word – LOCK, as in wed-lock.

Now the driven out four letter word, I’ll leave to your imagination.

Imagination is the part that can become detached from the driven out four letter word,

when “love”,

our fiery four letter word

gets stabilized and secured and

so-dulled by that finalizing four letter word.

If love is insanity

then our driven out four letter word,

or rather the feverish passionate act of that word

is a mad man’s cadence.

That finalizing four letter word is the breath thereafter.

Not that intoxicating

barely breathing breath

that stoge in the mouth

reach for the lighter

eyes glazed over

click click kshhh -- cigarette lit

inhale slow

– imagination of the moment’s sweaty predecessor – breath.

But the one with bills and kids and yeah – we’re married.

Take a breath.

Love