I saw a YouTube video where
single women

were complaining about men
no longer wanting them

for serious relationships.

Their pain was tangible,
but the way they went on

moaning and complaining

I found myself thinking that
I was grateful that I didn’t

have a woman in my life.

They reminded me of how
having a woman in my life

could be nice at first

but eventually a liability
when the excitement cooled down,

when the aggravations came out,

when the complaints surfaced.
And when the arguments began,

and I become disappointed and unhappy.

Bob Boyd