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# The Ballad of the Old Bachelor
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-ballad-of-the-old-bachelor/
- Published: 2021-08-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Let me describe an episode from recent memory The last few years, though I have slowed, I’m not a retiree And my retirement account in summary – it’s short A bargain, at a good discount, if genuine – I’ll sport
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Let me describe an episode from recent memory  
The last few years, though I have slowed, I’m not a retiree  
And my retirement account in summary – it’s short  
A bargain, at a good discount, if genuine – I’ll sport

By any measure, I deserve the better things in life  
I want what many will observe is odd – I want a wife  
(here I’ll confess that my desire Is hardly a volcano  
The spirit’s willing, but I tire -- still hard enough to say no)

And so the purpose of my quest if I’m to clarify  
Not to confuse or obfuscate – a diamond to buy  
My lady friend – no plaster doll, says opposites attract  
“we’ll consummate, but after ring”, is how she did react

A pattern that’s as old as time, a program in her genes  
Still I must learn to play my part, to get me in her jeans  
I find a parking, a good spot, on 47th Street  
And buy a stone – forget me not – to sweep her off her feet

I rush to her, she’s overjoyed, and gives me a big hug  
But asks me: can we get perhaps, a bigger house – I shrug  
I ask: “but why?” she says: “we’ll need it, for our nursery”  
“And I’m afraid much sooner than our anniversary”

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785734-Random--Seven-Letter-Word-Play Summary Attract Clarify Bargain Confuse Parking Observe Diamond Pattern Deserve Volcano Measure Genuine Nursery Retiree Program Account Episode Purpose Plaster