The Damaged Goods

Have you ever noticed how often some men
Tire of their wives after they've been
Married a certain length of time?
And to them it's their privilege - no crime!

He starts to treat her like she's damaged goods
And, if he could chase her off, he would.
I think it is rather telling that she is now "damaged goods."
A short time ago she was plenty good.

It was only after life with him that she became "damaged goods."
But in his unbridled reasoning there is no way it ever could
Be related in cause or reason to
Anything old Romeo could ever say or do.

She just - one day - suddenly, all by herself
Became the damaged goods upon the shelf.
It's just a lame and limping alibi
To try to justify his infidelity and his roving eye.

Lucile I. Burke
November 5, 1995

 

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