Friday, 29 October 2010

Fortieth wedding anniversary

What is it with these multiples of ten
assuming their superiority?
Who do they think they are, products of men
that then acquire fake celebrity?
Republicans and socialists like me
distrust all forms of privileged elite,
so how approve an anniversary
that has nine indians for every chief?
We tend to make too much of lone events
and pressure for exaggeration mounts;
sometimes we need to use our commonsense -
it's not the wedding but the marriage counts.
Alright, I've grumped enough, I'm nearly done -
forty is fine but I want forty one.

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