Marriage

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Commitment as daily contract, not crown.

Marriage is not a finale. It is courtship with paperwork and plumbing.

The ring is a symbol. The work is dishes, sickness, desire retained when familiarity tries to file it away.

Alliance sounds noble. Accurate is choosing the same person on a Tuesday when nobody is photographing it.

Exploring ends where maintenance begins. That is not less romantic. It is more expensive.

The ring catches light. The sink catches everything.

JV · Dark Heart Labs

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