Feint and Parry

Day 21: write a poem in which something that normally unfolds in a set and well understood way  — like a baseball game or dance recital – goes haywire, but is described as if it is all very normal.

I've chosen to write about the last few years of my first marriage in terms of a fencing match.  


We moved hesitantly for years,
Your feint, my parry,
Circling, provoking, inviting;
The distance between us carefully judged
Too far apart for lasting damage.
Until, too tired of deflection, 
I laid down my ultimatum
Ending our dance for good. 


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