A Slice of Wedding Cake by Robert Graves (1895-1985) Why have such scores of lovely, gifted girls Married impossible men? Simple self-sacrifice may be ruled out, And missionary endeavour, nine times out of ten. Repeat ‘impossible men’: not merely rustic, Foul-tempered or depraved (Dramatic foils chosen to show the world How well women behave, and always have behaved). Impossible men: idle, illiterate, Self-pitying, dirty, sly, For whose appearance even in City parks Excuses must be made to casual passers-by. Has God’s supply of tolerable husbands Fallen, in fact, so low? Or do I always over-value woman At the expense of man? Do I? It might be so. A Slice of Wedding Cake by Robert Graves (read by Tom OBedlam) https://youtube/watch?v=lzPU7PaRlrw
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 20:28:42 +0000
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