Strange, that two people can enter
Into a life-long contract without
Really knowing exactly what it means.
(And no one could tell them anyway....)
But over time a peculiar fusion
Between two partners takes place
And though unnoticed, takes shape
In too-familiar practices...
(Like forming the number "8"
Or the clothes you wear...)
When, after a while the subconscious
Decides that hers is the better way.
Then slowly an unplanned evolution
Of habit and taste
Meshes two people in symbolic
Union.  Each preferring the other's.
So, perhaps soft pastels mark the
Passage from parallel to pivotal.
One morning you wake up drinking tea
Without sugar.

Two people not sure what they started
Sharing secrets, 8 figures, each other.

March 2, 1987