Fiesta de San Fermin.

Truth snorts, fleeing like the bulls of Pamplona.
A husband and wife leave the bar early;
One glass of Chardonnay away from divorce.
Regret, their passenger, joins the taxi ride home.

“Stay together for the children’s sake,” they agree.

“It’s the best thing to do,” they share the lie.
Knowing it’s their fear of being alone and starting afresh,
Which knits them a marriage.

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