matrimony

i don't understand

the rodeo.

get on a horse,

a bull,

crazy animals that you

have no

business being on,

being thrown

and stomped on,

tossed about

like a rag doll,

some clown coming

to the rescue.

trying to stay on,

to keep it going for

as long as you can.

broken

and shattered,

inevitably

left in a cloud of dirt

at the bitter end.