We Forgot About Sex, or Easter Candy

We forgot about sex

We just...forgot about it

It’s not that we don’t like it

We like it

I think

I don’t know

I’m sure, individually

We like it

Or still like it

What I mean to say is

It’s been awhile

Since we’ve...had it

So…

I’m sure if we did have it

We’d like it

It’s…

It’s like a bag of Easter candy

Sitting on top of the refrigerador

It’s not that we don’t like Easter candy

We love Easter candy

But…

It’s all the way on top of the fridge

Like, it’s not that...accessible?

Like--we’d really have to work for it?

And, uh, it’s like--

When do you eat Easter candy?

I mean, there was probably a point

Probably, you know, Easter

When it made sense to eat it

But now--?

It just never seems like the right time

And we’re like--

Gee, maybe we should just wait

Until next Easter

And, like, that seems kind of funny

But not really

Because we’re starving

And we still don’t want

The Easter candy

And, you know, it’s funny

Because there was a time

In our lives

When we would eat Easter candy

Whenever

For no reason

Just because we wanted to

We would just gobble up

That Easter candy

But now--

It’s like…

It’s been up there

For so long

Like--who even knows

If it’s still good?

Like--would we still enjoy it?

I mean…

We don’t want to throw it out

That would--

That would seem like a waste

Because, you know

It could still be good but…

But the truth is

We’re never going to eat it

And--

And I think we both know that

I think--

I think we’ve accepted that, and, um

You know

There are other things to--

To eat

Things that are just as, uh, satisfying

More satisfying, actually

If you think about it

But, like, every time we go in the kitchen

There’s the Easter candy

Staring down at us

And, uh, we’re just not sure

What to do about it

You know?

And one day

One of us will die

And then the other one will die

Or we’ll both die in bed

Together

And someone will come along

And clean out our house

And they’ll see the Easter candy

And think nothing of it

They’ll just toss it out

And how nice for them

How nice that they never have to know

How complicated

That candy is