I commit
to buy us a house
with a magnificent mortgage
I shall work
seven days a week
to help pay the cleaning lady
I will take
bank loans
so we can holiday
in the hill towns of Tuscany
I will earn
the money we need
to put the kids in daycare
before their first birthday
I guarantee
that 6:45 to 7 pm
every second Sunday
will be reserved for our time
I will hire
a secretary
so I never forget
our anniversary
I sincerely vow
in richness and in wealth
to secure us
a divorce
Ah, what a painfully accurate account of the state of marriage in society. Some really great points you make here. The last stanza is brilliant!
Thanks for the note. Fortunately, I am in a fantastic, loving marriage, where priority number one is communication and commitment to my significant other. However, I have seen other unions fall apart (for various reasons), and hence the spark for “I Do.”