Nature's Rule

Nature made a rule
In the DNA of life
That Man would play the fool
And Woman play the fife

What else can explain
Through our long history
The constant odd display
Of male tomfoolery?

Example: Call him Dick
Handsome, a touch of wit
He weds his school sweetheart
And vows never to part

Next thing you know
Sinful adagio!
After work a beer
With the company cashier

His wife is stuck at home
With a kid on the way
Dick is free to roam
And Dick is free to stray

The story’s quite a bore
Repetition always is
Poor wifey gets ignored
So much for wedded bliss

The moral’s clear to find
And Nature makes it stick:
Through all of humankind
You can never trust a Dick

Charles Deemer