the ties that blind

they are a couple.
just look at them
walking side
by side on
this gorgeous day.
each on their
cell phones.
soul mates,well
perhaps not,
more like cell
mates on a haunted
ship going
nowhere.
they share things
like a slice
of lemon, or
a drink of water,
the time,
despair.
they are less
tied together
than they are
entangled like
a heavy load
of laundry
in the washer.
she keeps a close
watch on him,
while he turns
and looks
the other way. this
will not end well,
but end it will,
hopefully before
the children not
yet there.