Call it a good marriage - <br />For no one ever questioned <br />Her warmth, his masculinity, <br />Their interlocking views; <br />Except one stray graphologist <br />Who frowned in speculation <br />At her h's and her s's, <br />His p's and w's. <br /> <br />Though few would still subscribe <br />To the monogamic axiom <br />That strife below the hip-bones <br />Need not estrange the heart, <br />Call it a good marriage: <br />More drew those two together, <br />Despite a lack of children, <br />Than pulled them apart. <br /> <br />Call it a good marriage: <br />They never fought in public, <br />They acted circumspectly <br />And faced the world with pride; <br />Thus the hazards of their love-bed <br />Were none of our damned business - <br />Till as jurymen we sat on <br />Two deaths by suicide.<br /><br />Robert Graves<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/call-it-a-good-marriage/
