I tried marriage once, but to it I did not “take”.
It was like struggling with a huge python snake!
So I got lawyer, “Rick”, a partner in Rikki, Tikki, Tavi ….,
[LLP].
Rick said that, with “snake”-cases, he was VERY savvy.
Yeah, living with the “snake” nearly stole my breath.
She kept tightening her hold on me …. almost to death.
But as the case developed, some problems arose,
which kept my lawyer Rick ….. on his tippy-toes.
Then, near the end, lawyer Rick nearly …. did fail ME.
[It might have been a better fate than to …. pay his fee! ]
We went to court and there sat TV’s “Judge Judy”! !
Rick trembled at the sight, but he fulfilled his duty ….
to me.
The “snake’s” lawyer lied and presented a false witness. NO, two! !
I got nervous, really nervous. What was I to do?
But the snake got nervous too ….., and screwed up her case,
for this is what (believe it OR not) [in the court] took place:
The “snake” slithered straight at me, wrapping ‘round her coils.
NOT only was she strangling me, but also emitting foul oils.
But, as I said, Rick was savvy with “snake”-cases.
What happened next brought shock to the jurors’ faces.
The Snake squeezed me; she squeezed like “heck”.
But Rick jumped up and grabbed the Snake by her neck.
She was much bigger than snakes tackled before by Rick,
but she released her coils from me, and I grabbed a great BIG stick.
As Judge Judy and all the jurors (except one: a “snake”) ….
applauded, I beat the snake. I beat the snake for goodness sake.
Together, Rick and I triumphed over “snake-evil” that day,
but ever since that trial, I RUN ….. when a “snake” comes my way.
(June 15, 2015)
Yeah, some of these wives sure can slither (and so can some guys!) Thanks, Mr. Briney, for a wonderfully amusing poem and accompanying philosophic commentary on life, love, and mayhem.
Staying with a snake, any time is scary....! I doubt if you were a snake charmer once! Only when the 'python' started strangling you, you realized the danger.....! Thank God, you escaped its 'strangulating hold'! Even now, I feel, you play the 'charmer's game' successfully, though not with snakes, but with serpentine beauties! Really enjoyed your legal battle before the court and the jury, but greatly object to your act of flogging the snake mercilessly!
I adored this poem. If I wasn't a born again bachelor, I'd marry it.: -) To be fair, snakes come in both genders but I was feelin ya the whole way
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
i am about to include this in Section A of October 2016's 'a showcase for PH poets', to be found on my PH site in my poem list. bri :)