This Century Poem by Gert Strydom

The time of innocence
and the age were men were men
and women were wives is past
and women compete
with affirmative action
rather than merit
paving their way

and in this century
if a wedding lasts
for more than a year
it's an achievement
and maybe not love,
but some other need
holds it together
and the working wife
receives a fee

and the quick fix now applies
to most things
and most things are being sold,
even integrity, responsibility
and not just sex
where the price of visiting the madam
may be far less
than the one paid at home.