1) As a doctor she earned name and fame
She hiked her fee and none to blame
A stingy woman with growing greed
Not many children she has to feed.
2) Her husband is a teacher poor
An innocent guy at heart so pure
His weakness lies in eating more
A hearty glutton up to the core.
3) His wife viewed him with angry frown
When ever he came from his town
As day by day he did grow fat
About his weight he never thought.
4) She cut his daily portion down
"Don't eat too much", she roared with frown
The teacher's belly yearned for more
He waited till she crossed the door.
5) Out he went to have his fill
A lot of dishes gave him thrill
The doctor-wife found out his plot
For two days did she give him naught.
6) She tried to cut him down to size
With her clinical techniques wise
She checked his weight on weighing tool
She treated him as a corpulent fool.
7) She bade him do all domestic chores
She gave him dry bread, nothing more ;
The teacher went back to his town
He hated her harsh commanding tone.
8) The teacher stayed in a smaller town
Far, far away from doctor's frown
Once in a month he used to meet
His doctor-wife with a box of sweets.
9) The teacher looked for recipe books
He keenly practiced how to cook
Tasty dishes in various ways
Immersed in cooking days and days.
10) He made his home a sweet retreat
Where he did cook many a sweet
He gave a few to friends to taste
He ate with ecstasy all the rest.
11) A country wench by chance he met
A poor widow who used to sweat
To tend her child she used to cook
A fancy for her the teacher took.
12) She cooked for him with superb skill
The teacher ate his food with thrill
She found her way into his heart
By her simple culinary art.
13) The teacher treated the widow's lad
With liberal gifts and made him glad
The rustic cook with her cooking ways
Made him enjoy her meals always.
14) The doctor-wife felt little regard
Enraged she frowned and did discard
Her gluttonous husband fat at once
She viewed him as a useless dunce.
15) Far from his former wife's sharp gaze
Far from confusing urban maze
With his rustic wife in a cottage-den
He found at last his delicious heaven.
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Note : Enjoy reading this humorous poem which is meant to entertain and not meant to hurt with disdain. There is an undercurrent of moral tone which suggests that marital happiness depends not on wealth or status but on mutual understanding and giving value to other's ideas and opinions.
16th June, 2016 Somaseshu Gutala
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