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Odd Couple
by Bruce W Niedt He's so slow and she's so fast,
They're opposites, one may presume.
So will this marriage ever last?
Methodical, he's fly-fish-cast;
She sweeps like a brand-new broom.
His style is slow, while hers is fast.
He's half-done the night's repast,
When she clears dishes from the room.
How can this marriage ever last?
He measures twice, with notes amassed;
She's kitchen-sink and sonic-boom.
He takes life slow; she likes it fast.
Her fuse is short, his patience vast;
They were not knit from common loom.
Why should this marriage ever last?
And how much time together passed?
Sixty years as bride and groom.
She loves him slow; he loves her fast.
They made this marriage ever-last. 05/22/2007 Author's Note: [First published in Sunken Lines, Winter 2005.]
Posted on 05/23/2007
Copyright © 2026 Bruce W Niedt
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Angela Nuzzo on 05/23/07 at 05:03 AM Compromise is the key. :) Even though she was fast, she loved him slow - just as he needed. And where he was slow, he loved her fast - just as she needed. The yin & yang come together to create the whole. Nicely done, Bruce. |
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