A Happy Husband
If you want to be a happy husband
always smiling and relaxed
with no boggling of the mind
caring only to live and die in peace,
woo and marry a young mistress
you know so well-
the one who has worn gold medal
in the Olympic games in the stadium
of people’s mind and public opinion
for her talents of being ugly;
disgusting in appearance
The one whose legs quarrel when she moves
and the mouth has never
learnt the art of smiling feminine smiles
to impress lure masculine world.
Identify young mistress the world doesn’t give
a second glance when she moves in streets
and only nobody can sit with her in taxi
and talk nothing that can
cause your heart to jump in your mouth
Pray for a mistress who is a dark continent
and all explorers fear to go into the interior
due to the fears of the unknown.
You’ll surely sit at home relaxed
In the place of work you’ll breathe
breath of joy and comfort
that after all the wife you marry
has no vocabulary of cheating
in her dictionary and she is
for you alone in this wilderness
of hostile curiosity.
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Copyright © Solomon Ochwo-Oburu | Year Posted 2016
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