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Birthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothed

Birthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothed Pardon my hyperbole if in fact such embellishment can be sifted out amidst the pretentious poetry and/or prose NOT aired to appear superior, but more so as passion for English language appeased courtesy reading and writing on a regular basis, yet infrequently challenging intellectual sparring, but please feel welcome to comment and/or critique some notion you (unknown reader) take objection toward. A week shy of eighteen months constitutes the difference in age gap between yours truly (me - no longer that lithe lad, with washboard stomach and narrow waist, and the Herrin, a once slender sylph at then one hundred and five pounds - ideal for her towering four foot eleven inch frame) born July 6th, 1960 within the environs of Philadelphia,* Pennsylvania *derived from the Ancient Greek terms f???? phílos (beloved, dear) and ?de?f?? adelphós (brother, brotherly). Our initial encounter (of the third kind) took place circa nineteen ninety four on a warm summer evening at Summit Presbyterian Church 6757 Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA 19119 and about two years later both of us fêted as groom and bride by fellow contra dancers. Gamophobia (a fear of commitment or fear of flying into marriage) scared the bejesus out of yours truly upon being asked point blank, countless times soon after we dated, and soon shared the same sleeping space, (no matter we both lived with our parents), which salient question impossible mission to answer "I do" after being asked about pledging my troth - no fallacy - promising such lifetime allegiance subsequently pricked psyche with heady undo anguished suffering, yet verily barely hindered me, to spear my stiff little minuteman into miniature portcullis, and hence expressed nonverbal predilection to be fruitful and multiply courtesy seething hormonal secretions, she tacitly assented also to experience concupiscence and taste figurative verboten fruit for consensual sexual intimacy initially found me coquettishly flirting daring to let fingers do the walking across erogenous zones easily gravitating toward physical intimacy cavalierly riding bareback, throwing caution to the wind hence no surprise when the then girlfriend ejaculated pregnant news about a bun in the oven and intimated she objected to birthing an offspring out of wedlock, thus we concurred to pledge our troth courtesy Judge Henry J. Schireson of Narberth, Pennsylvania. Upon our (yours truly and his missus) exchanging holy matrimony vows July twenty fifth nineteen ninety four (another poem for that occasion) ultrasound allowed, enabled and provided obstetrician to zoom, image courtesy sonogram showing fledgling fetus, thus we pledged our troth after spouses' womb (approximately halfway between her pregnancy) did balloon uterus, wherein conception delineated birth of eldest daughter five months later, and many a tomb morrow later she then when these words first drafted resided in Oakland, California. I attempted reasonable rhyme about... oh happy yesteryear when newly minted groom (me) wed bride family in attendance cried as Justice of Peace officiated as legal guide extolling pregnancy of she who could not hide welcomed into the pudding club, which matured inside after two gametes fused and multiplied countless times after nine months quickly birthing embryo baby on the way nullified application of premarital sex, and attendant use of contraceptives. Clear out of the blue thee wife asked me opinion if wedded bliss between us, cuz I never profusely expressed affection no matter head over heels puppy love found found the missus analogous to dizzy dame gone cuckoo until completion of third trimester – 28 to 40 weeks signalled parturition due ha, how heretical to think swearing off copulation altogether, and decry repeating the experience of childbirth, nevertheless spouse warmed up to begetting a second progeny upon beholding beautiful bundle of joy receptivity to estrus did ensue since romance long since flew out the figurative window impossible mission to feign significant other analogous to brand new alluring, beguiling, captivating... tchotchke. All kibitizing aside, a requited love with zeal, I attest invisible spokes supported unseen wheel when turning sparking genuine care and concern delivering selflessness with role of motherhood acted as buffer against emotional hemorrhage and received good housekeeping approval seal more applicable to most recent elapsed wedding day anniversaries ex post facto after both daughters flew the coop finding me reeling with empty nest syndrome, whenever yours truly reviews mental newsreel, now absence of offspring, akin to psychological wound I did heal no longer mourning natural course of begetting progeny more readily accepting their necessary autonomy doth appeal. Though marriage in our golden years finds us celibate devoid of that indomitable physical intimacy with once fecund wife both she and I get along swimmingly, we exhibit less strife than days of yore effulgence promulgated to all readers unbeknownst to human life form characterized by bloke, whose words appeared across screen exemplifying, embodying, and edifying regarding beloved simian counterpart bandying playfully sometimes drubbing and drumming my body while she deliberates fluted helmeted jiggly Johnson emulating sounds of skin tight fife.

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