MY STEP FATHER GOT CADERRACT SURGERY AND GLAUCOMA SURGERY DURING COVID WELLHIS DRIVERS LICENSE EXPIRED HE KNEW HE COULDN'T PASS THE EXAME BLESSING DMV CLOSED DUE TO COVID SENDING HIM A RENEWAL FORM HE ACTUALLY FILLED OUT THE RENEWAL ONLINE NOT REALIZING HIS OLD INFORMATION WAS NOW ON HIS NEW DRIVERS LICENSE THIS SENIOR MOMENT SENT MY MOM INTO A STATE BECAUSE THE OLD DRIVERS LICENSE MY STEP DAD WAS UNMARRIED HE KELP HIS NEW LICENSE AND FORGOT ABOUT TRYING TO PASS A NEW EYE EXAM WHAT DOES IT MATTER ANYWAY THEY ARE HAPPILY MARRIED MOM JOKES SAYING SHE'S SINGLE THE MARRAIGE LICENSE SAYS DIFFERENT SUCH A CUTE COUPLE GLORIOUS SENIOR MOMENTS FULL OF LAUGHTER HOW MANY SENIORS DODGE THE EYE EXAM DURING COVID LIVING ON A PRAYER ONE THING FORSURE IF MY STEPDAD IS EVER PULLED OVER THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO HARRASS MY MOM HIS LICENSE STILL READ UNMARRIED OLD GUY WHO DODGED THE EYE EXAM DURING COVID
MY STEP DAY GOT CADERRACT SURGGERY AND GLAUCOMA SURGERY DURING COVID WELL HIS DRIVERS LICENSE EXPIRED HE KNEW HE COULDN'T PASS THE EXAME BLESSING DMV CLOSED DUE TO COVID SENDING HIM A RENEWAL FORM HE ACTUALLY FILLED OUT THE RENEWAL ONLINE NOT REALIZING HIS OLD INFORMATION WAS NOW ON HIS NEW DRIVERS LICENSE THIS SENIOR MOMENT SENT MY MOM INTO A STATE BECAUSE THE OLD DRIVERS LICENSE MY STEP DAD WAS UNMARRIED HE KELP HIS NEW LICENSE AND FORGOT ABOUT TRYING TO PASS A NEW EYE EXAM WHAT DOES IT MATTER ANYWAY THEY ARE HAPPILY MARRIED
"Are you happily married?"
"Yeah, but don't tell her my mouth eats varieties,"
A ten-year dark secret well-kept
Between you and me, dear friend.
Though nowadays the teeth are weak,
Sometimes it’s hard to chew—
they can no longer crack bones,
unless I get the right pill over the counter.
Still, it’s a secret you buried in your belly,
That the seed of polygamy took deep root in me,
With four bastards waiting for my will,
While your mouth stays sealed and my conscience pricks.
But please, let not a trace of this disgust
reach my wife’s ear—she’ll skin me alive.
My veiled loyalty must be buried with my casket,
That’s if you and she outlast my secret.
Asked the census-taker, at once witty and wacky
Are you two married, or are you happy
We replied, We’re happily married 40 years now
~ For a couple married for 55, that’s a real WOW
Some days are diamonds, some are stone
To quote an old John Denver hit
Truer words were never spoken
The “stone days” (not stoned days!)
Are only sent to us to test our resolve
And to appreciate the “diamond days” even more
To prove, that as dark or as difficult as life can get
There is ALWAYS a silver lining
Otherwise we'd all be candidates for the looney bin
Trust me, have I ever lied to you before?
Okay... well only a couple of times
And I was under the influence???
The influence of WHAT, you may ask
Uh, I take the fifth... okay here are some examples
Now let me see, watching a pretty girl go by
Or the government sending me an unexpected refund
Of a couple of hundred dollars YEEHAW
Maybe sitting down to my favourite meal
With my lovely spouse I've adored
Since the two of you were dreamy-eyed sweethearts
In grade school right up to the present
And now happily married with a couple of wee ones
Don't get me wrong, I do have days of stone
But my diamond days far outnumber them
So the bottom line is
Live, love, laugh and be happy
You only get one chance to travel life's highway
So ENJOY the ride!!!
Jim
Loyal, dependable, knowledgeable, big hockey fan,
Brother of Craig and Jeff,
Lover of democracy, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Newfoundland,
Who feels love, empathy and pain,
Who fears failure, loss and going insane,
Who would like to see peace in Gaza, Ukraine and South Sudan,
Resident of St. John's, Newfoundland,
Healey.
My wife and partner is Heather.
She's the one who keeps me grounded; she is my center.
We've been happily married for twenty-five years,
and our love - the deepest kind of love - perseveres.
Few couples can above flaws rise,
An average spouse on them spies,
Take each flaw— his and her—
To mix them together,
Stir and mix as to neutralize,
Then pray, count on your luck,
Unlike dew upon duck,
There’s good chance, each flaw multiplies!
_________________________ _________
Limerick, Tongue-in-cheek | 04.09.2018 | marriage
Poet’s note: Take heart, an average couple seems happily married, for, their flaws are.
Born a rebel, proud and free,
A hard working man was he.
Stout of heart and quick of mind,
But hot tempered as you could find.
An Irish lad raised in Dublin,
For sure no one there be troubling.
Not one to run from a fight,
In the pub on Friday night.
Till the day he met his match,
A vixen who liked to scratch.
Angered when he made a pass,
Quite the looker was this Lass.
Smashed his head with a bottle,
Grabbed his throat and gave a throttle.
Clawed his cheek just like a cat,
Slapped him hard and then she spat.
All the while he took her wrath,
Chose to take a different path.
On his knees with bleeding head,
Made the case that they should wed.
Shocked with nothing left to say,
Happily married to this day.
Two souls who were once so wild,
Are soon to have their second child.
I
A happily married man is he
Who weds, not for love, but for policy.
His life will be clover
If his wife will sign over
Not the deed to her heart, but her property.
II
A woman who weds for the pleasure,
May live to repent at her leisure.
When she's no more excuses
For her husband's abuses,
A close bond with her lawyer she'll treasure.
I was really disappointed today
Was supposed to meet a dear dear friend
Things got in the way and sadly
Had to postpone our meeting again
I'm adopting her as my daughter
An honour that I accept with pride
Sadly her relationship with her real dad
Was very much on the rocky side
So I'm the fortunate benefactor
Of a soul that's longing this connection
I'm truly only too happy to oblige
As I shower her with affection
A real sweetie this dear dear friend
My undying love runs deep
Adore this girl more than words can say
With tears of joy, I weep
She's happily married with kids of her own
But there's been a void in her life
So honoured to be her replacement dad
Sure didn't have to think twice
A LEGEND BETTER THAN HAKIMI
Back in '94 partying, Gabriel met Christina,
frolicking and they really got personal.
They married though she's 30 years younger
and were happily married for 20 years
despite the fact they weren't peers.
However, Christina eventually decided
that she wanted them divided.
But when she went to her lawyer,
she was shell-shocked at what he told her.
He told her she was already divorced
twenty years ago, the idea was enforced.
And this is because 4 months after their union,
they went to Dominican Republic for a vacation,
Gabriel divorced her there as that's the only country
where one party can file for a divorce in a hurry
with the other party oblivious despite the dowry.
Gab said he did this because he knew one day
she would divorce him without him having a say
and she will try to possess all his money,
hence he came prepared donning his wise armoury.
Vick Manuel Poetry {VMP}
Form: Narrative/Rhyme/Realism
Copyright ©? April 2023.
Happily married there I was
my dearest Jean had been ill
but got worse phone doc he came
phone ambulance wait so still
Then off to hospital for emergency
but unknown so life will be alone
within a few hours be a widow
my love loses life on her own
So I come home late at night
thinking this is me single again
married less than a year it was
now future holds what or when?
My bible I read and kneel to pray
asking God what can I now do?
into my heart, an inner voice said
come to me my son I am true
So I bowed my heart to this Jesus
who had taken my sins far away
this my night of transformation
God became real forever to stay
(This was written a number of years ago, so makes it a golden oldie!
Recalling my night of transformation when God came in and met me in my greatest tragedy to come alongside me and stay for life. )
His soft whisperings melt me like butter,
His sensual touches trigger heart flutter.
His galvanized gaze sends shock through my core,
His puissant presence pours in every pore.
His youthful gait makes me run after him,
His six pack begs to elope at a whim.
His sardonic wit sets me to snicker,
His flamboyant car turns on my flicker.
His baritone banter - pure caress,
His fatal attraction's hard to suppress.
His coy discretion is high on my list,
His subtle advances - hard to resist.
If dreams came true I would not ask for more -
He is everything I ever wished for!
Some fantasies are as real as they seem -
I have been happily married! To him!
January 25, 2023
Cousin big Freda always had intimidated Sue who was a year younger.
Freda was a big part of the reason Sue moved four states away.
Freda thought they had a rivalry; but Sue never did.
Her braggadocio, bullying behaviors were tolerated by the aunts.
Grandma Stella said to “stop tattling” when Sue got knocked down.
Freda was built like a concrete mixer and twice as tough.
Sue stayed away from the family for ten years.
She was a lawyer now, happily married, with two daughters.
Grandma Stella passed, and Sue flew home for the funeral.
She was surprised to not see Freda or any photos of Freda.
Freda had been grandma’s favorite.
Sue finally asked one of her aunts where Freda was.
"Freda got put in prison for killing a guy.
Grandma Stella hid all of her photos, it was like she was never there.”
marguerite bergman, small town Iowa girl
ran off with a Texan at age sixteen in 1916
ran back home after he beat her in 1917
divorced husbands numbers two and three by 1925
Became my father’s mother in 1928, now happily married.
A woman with the confidence of ten men.
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