She thought perhaps he had lost his mind
And was crawling on all fours in the dark
And we commit to an interpretation
Before we have all the facts
And how would you even know
That you have all the facts
And so she lay there in silent terror
Not for herself although the thought occurred
That the madman might prove violent
But oh that great mind o’erthown
And where did that come from
And he was pretty smart but not
Superlative in intelligence
And why the past tense since she was still not sure
But she had committed her life
To another’s life
They had shared a life together
Not that it had been all candlelight and candy canes
But sooner or later one of them would depart
Physically or as is this case mentally
And actuarially you know men
I found them he shouted in gleeful relief