Saturday, August 16, 2014

Monogamy by Stephen Dunn (excerpt)

"After all, there's the suddenly desirable
mono in monogamy to celebrate,
the new freedom of wanting
only one person. Start again,
but admit you wouldn't advocate this
for anyone save yourself. Acknowledge
it's a state you've traveled far
to reach, motels and the overly careful
spelling of aliases behind you.
Acknowledge it takes long experience
in order to think of sameness
as an opportunity for imagination."