[Susan McLean]

Uncoupling

It's all the rage. It's all the expectation
that limitless choice can free us from the cage
of boredom, petty grievance, and frustration.
But Tinder's buffet of pleasures can't assuage
our tendency to slough off obligation,
to banter, connect, deflect, then disengage
rather than face that love is limitation,
the beginning of our end. It's all the rage.

Revisions:
L4 was "But all of the love in Tinder can't assuage"; then "all the allure of Tinder"; then "But all the delights of Tinder can't assuage"
L6 "then" was "and"
L8 "our rage" was "the rage"; reverted to "the rage"; then "the tempering of life's flame" was "the beginning of our end". Reverted to "the beginning of our end"