The Wants of A Man

Every day he comes home to his family,
Steps through the door, gives his good wife a kiss
Safe in the space he helped create from dreams.
The life of a man full of hopeful bliss
All based on attainment of these, it seems:
Of success, respect, appreciation
And power. The countenance of all men,
To love and provide. A confirmation
Of self and purpose proven again
And again by the men of history.
In simplicity lies the wants of man
To each woman it was not a mystery.
Woman to woman, we share what we can- -
Knowing well of good humor and of play:
“A good woman, good meal, and a good lay.”



Inspired by "The Wife of Bath".