So You Have Read Merli Alunan's Poem Poem by RIC BASTASA

i know what merly wrote about
how to search for the man of your life
there are many choices
and she enumerated them one by one
which accounts for the length of her lines
the witty one that may slap you
the dumb one that may embarras you
the fat one that may only love your cooking skills
and the thin one that may offend your menu
and the scheming one who may look at your account
and the real one, the one that loves you
who may have died many years ago

do not worry so much about looking for him
if he is alive he will soon come to take your hand in marriage
and your dreams of living happily ever after may soon come true

do not force yourself on the recent one in cyberspace
he may not be the right one
whose name is 'soul mate' and forever your life may always
be half-empty half-full