>&< (a short love story)

> thought about how lonely he was until he met <. 
For a time, everything
was lovely with ><.  Then < moved on. > developed
other interests.
Things fell apart and they began to go in
separate ways: <  >.  They
began making pointed remarks to one another. >
got involved with ? and <
started a dialog with V who became a wedge
between them >V<. All ended
badly.