The old Couple is the dearest.

Love between spouses
Begins by their flesh,
Clings by their kids,
Slackens by monotony,
Hangs by necessity,
And eventually
Sticks by invalidity
Of their old age.
A marriage is hard to break.
02.10.2001, Pakd

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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