Dear Answer Man

A comical how-to-manage in the face of temptation. (from a self-published newsletter, Look Up And Not Down - August 2000)

Dear Answer Man:

I love my wife, I really do,

     But she doesn't know what I go through,

Like the other day I went to the store

     To buy some groceries, that was the chore,

"Excuse me", was all the pretty girl said,

     Then what thoughts just popped in my head!

I mumbled something stupid, then ran away

     And I avoid that store to this very day.

Now Answer Man please what do I do?

     I'm waiting now, I'm depending on you.

      The Fisherman

Dear Answer Man:

I love my husband, I really do

     But he doesn't know what I go through,

The other day I went to the store

     (The one my husband won't go in anymore)

And I saw this clerk all buff and tanned,

     He was no more handsome than my own sweet man

But all at once - the thoughts I thought

     Would put me in jail if I were caught!

So I turned around and ran away

     And haven't been back to this very day.

Now Answer Man please, what do I do?

     I'm waiting now, I depending on you.

                                    The Fisherman's Wife

To: Two People That Like To Fish

Let me tell you, it is my wish

                    to have a love like yours in my life,

To know how to behave like husband and wife,

     For you see, you both have done what is right,

When you saw temptation, you turned in flight.

     My advice to you when next there's a chore

That you go together to the grocery store,

     And you hold hands and you look at each other,

And you won't have time to see any other!

     So go ahead - live a long and blessed life

And be the best kind of husband and wife.

  Sincerely,

  The Answer Man

Author's Note

This is some of my first tries at poetry and in the newsletter it made folks laugh but I really don't know if any of this writing is good.