Fifty percent.
In America the average divorce rate
Is astoundingly high,
And the odds for a successful marriage
Decrease
For children
Of ‘broken’ homes.
Fifty percent
Of couples
Can’t manage
To stay in love,
Which is itself
A classic case
Of half-empty
Versus half-full.
Fifty percent.
Perhaps the institution of
Matrimony
Should be abolished.
Perhaps the ideal of
Monogamous love
Should be relinquished.
Or perhaps,
We should look harder
Before we leap-