FOR ME, MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS........BUT WELCOME TO ALL WHO STUMBLE ACROSS THIS SITE

ON THE SHELF? NO, A HOUSE-HUSBAND

 

AT THE DINNER PARTY ONLY LAST WEEK

I SAT ABOUT THE MIDDLE QUIET AND MEEK

RIVETED TO MY CHAIR BY A GLASSY STARE

I SUDDENLY AWOKE AND BECAME MUCH AWARE

SO SHE SAYS, THIS WELL SPOKEN LASS

LOOKING AT ME WATCHFULLY OVER A FULL GLASS

“WHAT IS YOU LINE OF WORK? I KNOW YOUR WIFE”

SO I SMILE, RESPOND.” A HOUSE-HUSBAND LIFE”

“IS ALL THAT SOCIETY HAS LEFT FOR ME,

FOR I AM ISSUED WITH REDUNDANCY”

AND INWARDLY I WINCE AT MYSELF

FOR I KNOW THAT AT 53 I’M ON THE SHELF

 

AND SO HER GAZE MOVES DOWN THE TABLE

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION DOES SHE THINK I’M UNABLE

PERHAPS THAT THIS IS MY FUTURE MEIN

LIFE WILL NEVER FOR ME BE THE SAME

NOW I’M FIT FOR VACUUM AND WASHING

ALONE!

 

31/07/2009