The Good Groom Poem by Surajit Basu

In Posta, I heard it said
That your daughter's getting wed.
Gangaram is the groom to be-
Want to know how is he?
He ain't such a bad mark,
Though he's rather dark.
Then, the nose and jowl
Are like the night-owl.
Academic capacity?
Amazing tenacity!
At school finals, nineteen hits
Before he called it quits.
Money wise? Not so fine,
Barely over the poverty line.
His brothers aren't mature:
One's mad, the other a boor.
The third son's the smart one -
Forged money and went to prison
The youngest plays the drum
From village plays, earns a crumb.
Gangaram is often sick -
Feverish and anaemic.
But his lineage is superfine:
Kans's royal bloodline!
Shyam Lahiri of Bonogram
Is some kin of Gangaram.
Anyway, a Groom for your missy!
He ain't too bad, is he?