relieving tension

after

the honeymoon,

things slowed down.

me in my

bachelor 

robe, her in her

old

torn gown.

we stopped calling

each

other sugar plum,

and

sweet potato.

we mumbled other

names under

our breath.

conversation

became less,

but we had children,

we had a dog,

a house with a mortgage.

we pressed on.

i suddenly remembered

one day

what woody allen

once said.

sex relieves tension,

while marriage

causes it.