Civil War Of The Sister Cities Comments

This poem details the worst kine of war - one with no objective and thus no ending, .It's just two persons of strong personalities and even stronger wills who won't budge. The speaker reveals how much they have common but it just makes them evenly matched. Is it old age or emotional weariness that makes one declare a truce? It may be too late. I hope not: imagine the stories they could share with delightif they just turned the intimacy of competition into the intimacy of friendship. They need a Good Angel to nudge them toward a different kind of victory - mutual forgiveness! !