Talk to Your Wife

It’s 4 am
she’s deep in slumber
and you’ve just booted the computer
this dreamy rhyme
is now your muse

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The love may have gone out of your life
doesn’t matter
just talk to your wife

Keep your frustrations
your fears and sorrows
to yourself my friend
you run the risk
of killing yourself in the end

You may not find her charming
heck, her mere presence is alarming
it can get worse, trust me
just talk to your wife

You believe
that you are at a dead end
you feel helpless
trapped in a world of your making
as it comes down crashing

You didn’t marry her for her intelligence
and it may be true that beauty is dumb
her form may no longer be comforting
let alone alluring
to hell with these concepts, pal
just talk to her, your wife

You have cheated
the cyclical fling
You craved pleasure
the satisfaction
the thrill and the high
the external validation
of forbidden mating

I am not here to preach
nor you need confess
she desperately desires intercourse
so why do you hesitate?
don't wait
just talk to your wife

You’ may have yelled at her
shoved her in shouting matches
scared her shitless
But let me tell you the one thing
that disturbs her more than any other
your silent rejection

The love may have gone out of your life
doesn’t matter
just talk to your wife

When she asks
"does the color suit me?"
Don’t mutter "Yes", "No"
or "I don't know"
You need to tackle this PhD thesis
with the seriousness it deserves
Flame away, if you must, without any mercy
look her in the eye
make her feel alive

She wants to be
your prized possession
but you have trashed her like garbage
and made her stink
It can all change in a moment
for a start
treat her like a stranger
drop your preconceptions
talk to her, your wife

Every now and then
maybe once a month
she loses it completely
it is PMS time
be an assenting idiot
with humor and wisdom
but don't ignore her or worse
be patronizing

You define her more
than you realize
your words have the power
to heal and empower
am I a broken record?
talk to your wife

You came to me in your hour
of need and crisis
but I am already feeling better
this conversation with my alter ego
gives me hope and courage
to, yes, talk to my wife

the love may have gone out of your life
doesn’t matter
just talk to your wife

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It’s 5 am
an hour
my muse has departed
back to the future
falling asleep, besides her