Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Unwise Last Words

I was arguing with my wife.

Tempers were getting out of hand.

I said to her, "Too short is life."

"We need to come to understand"

"That there's nothing we can't work out,"

"If we respect each other's view."

My words did calm my wife no doubt.

I continued, "All we need do -"

"Make sure our arguments end"

"With both smiling and neither frown."

"For any rip there is a mend."

"Dear, all you need do is calm down."

From the jaws of victory sweet

I had snatched a sour defeat.