Amazing repetition of an
Irate spouse about recurring
Ill health
Shouts of blame on the next
Of kin
Albeit the poet’s patience
In spite of offered help
A barrage of insults on his head.
Besides
The poet had a fortnight ago
An op
Replacing his knee joint
Yet
He quietly accepts errands
Thanked with kicks.
Incredibly raugh the swings
Of M/D
Like molten lava into a sea
Of ice.
Such signs of her illness
He missed at first meetings
Doused by flights of fancy
From her honey pot.
Now then
For five major milestones
During his life
The poet witnessed peaks
And ravines of a married life.
Pushed high in free flight
But fallen like Icarus…
Only the poet had survived
To stay and tell the tale.
TALE.ELAT
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ZJG-POetry’19.