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.