Divorce? Poem by Denis Martindale

By staying single, then, of course, no girl could marry me...
So I avoid a sad divorce, by staying fancy-free...
No lawyer's fees, no broken heart... I keep my property...
But only if I do my part, rejecting what could be...
No dating some girl I've just met, whose smile I yearn to see,
Whose precious lips I can't forget, which could make me agree...
No ring to buy one fateful day, no bending on one knee...
Her saying that she would obey... in Church, so wistfully...
I must stay strong, avoid it all, regardless of remorse...
Frankly... I need a miracle... No marriage... No divorce...


Denis Martindale July 2019.