THE SECRET CODE

by Mather Schneider

Do your push-em-ups
be a good father
steady dependable
breadwinner so others
can grow in safety
and comfort within
confines of absurd
society seeming so
rational and even
dying with a smile
on your face is
victory happiness
success by others’
standards ignore your
gut above all stay
erect work hard sleep
enough and only love
one woman besides
your mother.

1 comment:

  1. Well, this doesn't sound like you M. Interesting poem! But the code is not secret at all. It is the indoctrination process. Are you speaking here against the egocentrism of marriage?
    G. Tod

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