The Taste Of Marriage

NEWLY WED COUPLES, WHEN NOT JOKING

AGREE INDEED THAT AFTER MARRIAGE
LIFE IS TRULY ROCKING

THEY EXPLAIN,
HOW IT, CHANGED THEIR LIVES, AT LENGTH
AND TELL EVERYONE
HOW YOUR SPOUSE GIVES YOU THE STRENGTH

BUT,
I USUALLY DON'T RELY ON WHAT THEY SAY
FOR THE SIMPLE REASON TO THEIR DISMAY

THAT,
THEY HAVE NOT YEARNED NOR HAVE CRIED
TO GET THE PERSON THEY CALL THEIR BRIDE

COZ,
MARRIAGE IS SOMETHING PREORDAINED
TIED TO THEIR DESTINY WITH AN IRON CHAIN

INSTEAD,
I RELY, WHEN A GAY MAN SAYS
THE KIND OF DIVIDEND, A MARRIAGE PAYS

FOR
THEY KNOW TRULY THIS THIRST DIVINE
AS THEY HAVE CRIED AND HAVE WHINED
TO BE UNITED ON CLOUD NINE
WITH THEIR LOVE, IN A MANNER SUBLIME


FOOD MAY BE STALE FOR A GUY CONTENT
BUT NOT FOR THE PERSON
WHOSE HUNGER REMAINS UNSPENT.


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- धूमिल

DON'T ASK THE TASTE OF IRON FROM A BLACKSMITH, INSTEAD ASK IT FROM THE HORSE WHO HAS THE BIT IN ITS MOUTH.