High Decibel Wife


For twenty years of nearly happy married life
he heard the harping voice of high decibel wife, 
and in the process lost half of his hearing sense,
the other half now gets tense in wife’s presence.

He wouldn’t start any conversation with her ever,
for over the years the ears have become clever.
They have learnt to save the strained ear drums
from the cracking sound of wife’s vocal drums.

She once asked him to buy a kilo of tiny potato.
He rushed to the shop, bought a bag of ripe tomato.
When he found himself flushed in a hot soup bowl
the failed ears silently fanned his head to console.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Rodrigues Avatar
May 29, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Clever wording!
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