we are the conventional lovers
the respectable ones
we are tight-lipped and we never
argue or disagree in public
and even in private we will not raise our voices
lest unseen people might hear us;
we are the respectable lovers
who bring up children
to never reveal their feelings
and to arm themselves with degrees and sobriety
and wide connections and prestige ambitions
and whose grades are the best in the nation;
and our conversations
are of what school our children attend
and what marks they attain
and our lives to drive them around
for achievement lessons;
ah, this is why we love
this why we marry
for the sake of our duty to society,
respectability
our religion, the nation and for the posterior,
Oh, I mean - for posterity