After seven years of inattention
he had suddenly become
the perfect companion.
Naturally she thinks
this stunning transfiguration
suspect and more than
a bit disingenuous.
She believes it a phase
he will soon abandon
like any one of his
hopelessly stillborn novels.
And yet, even were this
transformation genuine,
by her accounting it would
still take him
several lifetimes of servitude
before he could ever
possibly balance the
emotional ledger
of their relationship.
She really can’t afford to wait that long.
