“A LOVE REVERSED” 19 November 2003

At the appointed time we meet
So cold in waiting rooms
No smiles, just teeth
As a process is followed

The statements made
Declarations of varying truths
I hide my feelings
(whispers) I wish I’d never met you

In a solicitors office
Love becomes a case
We chopped the kids in half
Our histories were erased
We pretend we never loved
Life is easier that way

The papers are filed
The judgements made
The ties severed
A love reversed

In seventy seconds
Those years were unmade.

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