all we do is fight

let's be friends
from now on,
your wife
says to you one morning
waking up in bed. let's just be
friends with each
other, instead of
this other thing we
got ourselves
into. why pretend
any longer. all we do is fight.
the kids know, our
friends know,
the neighbors, our
relatives. our therapists
know. so what's the point
in pretending.
sure, you tell her.
maybe do a movie,
one night, something like
that. okay, she
says. but let's take
it slow and easy
at first, see how it goes.