LOL, Crescent. It would help if I proofed before I pasted!!! In the case of the subject heading, however, it was just not paying attention (not a good thing in a writer). I know I'm not the equal of the real poets on this list...I post for the thought rather than the words for that reason. At my birthday dinner, a friend of mine and I were talking about the dearth of men in our age group and, as we talked, we laughed about the fact that having a relationship at this point in our lives would be more trouble than it was worth. I didn't do well communicating the tone of the poem because the speaker is not a sad spinster lady mooning at her window. She's just decided that it's possible to have a life without the agonies (as well as the joys) of love (in a relationship sense). But that is one of my many weaknesses as a poet...I cannot provide the right tone in words. Oh well. Onward. Thank you for taking the time to read it. I value your comments, as I do anyone who takes the time to post (even when I sound cranky).