Marital AIDS

n:

1. a variation of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome that effects only married couples who benefit at the expense of other individuals, penalized for magically believing that their love is better than that which falls outside of such bureaucratic ceremony or that love itself exists at all and is superior to unrelated actions and desires.
2. A combination of concepts that [...]

We hear a muddled voice, speaking in rhythm and de facto secrecy, repeating…memorized lines…a religious act…or an act of mild mannered madness.

Blues and greys fading to black fill the blanks of the walls, a small white bed somewhere in center.

A Victorian nonchalance hangs in the air as it does in her hair, brunette curls sleeping, a dress [...]