'' Maybe I Should Have Had The Affair '' Poem by Bri Mar

'' Maybe I Should Have Had The Affair ''



I went to court to divorce my wife,
So why am I suffering all this strife,
Bias against men does seem to be rife,
For us the courts don’t seem to care.

My grounds for divorce, my wife was cheating,
Against the judge I felt I was competing,
She listened more to my wife’s bleating,
Men being heard now that’s very rare.

To them both the adultery was cast to the side,
She asked what assets we were going to divide,
At this point I knew I was being taken for a ride,
It would be an unequal share.

Half the value of the goods and the house,
I was to pay for the cheating louse,
Like it or not she was your spouse,
You were once a lovely pair.

When she discovered kids were involved,
She said the issue of housing’s solved,
I had to move out after the marriage was dissolved,
I said surely that can’t be fair.

I asked about custody she said don’t you fear,
You’ll get an hour a week be grateful my dear,
That certainly put a flea in my ear,
If you’ve got kids guys you’d better beware.

I was left with nothing and nowhere to live,
That cheating reprobate I’ll never forgive,
I’m the one now left feeling a div,
My life is in total despair.

I then got a letter from the C.S.A.
Saying as she had the children I’d have to pay,
It only proves it’s worth it to stray,
For homelessness I had to prepare.

Now she and the boyfriend live in my home,
All I have left is a toothbrush and comb,
As through the deserted streets I roam,
I’m in a state of disrepair.

For men marriage law is a total shambles,
You’d be safer walking naked through a field of brambles,
With the life of men a divorce court gambles,

‘’ Maybe I Should Have Had The Affair ‘’

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
A bitter sweet personal view of the British justice system re divorce and Fathers rights or should I say lack of them.
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