PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

When a Man Marries

Clark Steven Lupton

April 24, 2009



There comes a time

That you should pick a wife

If you delay too long

You’ll be single for life



If you marry at twenty

It’s considered too young today

But I know why you do

She’s on the family way



Twenty five is also young

But at least you’re more able

You are more mature

And a little more stable



Even thirty is kind of young

You want to have a plan

You want to succeed first

Because you are a man



Thirty five is just right

To marry a wife who depends

On you to support a family

And you ran out of single friends



If you don’t marry by forty

People ask you why

They just don’t understand

That you’re not that kind of guy



It’s worse if you’re fifty

To marry a twenty year old brunette

I just don’t understand you

But I’m not fifty yet



Why marry at sixty?

Your women friends are all retired

They may have a lot in common

But their eggs are all expired



If you marry at seventy

It can prolong your life

You can live thirty more years

But can't out live your wife



When you marry at eighty

There are only two reasons why

To have someone talk to you

And wipe your butt before you die



To marry at ninety

Is really just too late

It’s difficult to breathe

And harder to get a date



When a man marries at one hundred

His life is now complete

He’s happy to find love at last

And thrilled to have a heartbeat