Iris E. Sankey- Lewis Poet Tanka

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After the fact...

This poem simmered me;

Word for word, on and on,

And why is it they flinch in anger

Each time they're reminded, "You're eight years older than I."

Eight years have passed with this marriage.

How admirable... a man of few words, but...

We must be ourselves? come what may?

Men of Might

Smart men take the fifth
So their wives won't have fits
Some with few words group
Sad are those shooting soot
Sane men plays the buffoon.

A man must stand firm
Saving his magic wand
From fiery furnace-
A woman's hand; her wrath
It behooves him to trace.

I applaud most men
Posing like mister clean
Ready for dessert
Before or after meals
Their shirts are made of steel.

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