With a smile and a nod to Wendy Cope and her poem "Bloody Men"

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Women are an admirable sex

Somehow possessed of a need to vex.

Why else would they annoy a sofa-sleeper

By the invasive use of a carpet sweeper?.

 

And see how they drag some sap out shopping

When spending hints - like rain - come dropping;

Or once back home, when he's inclined to talk,

It's suggested he takes the dog for a walk!

 

Even worse, he'll be met with a heartfelt sigh

And heavy hints about DIY.

And how a woman's work is never done

In a constant conflict rarely won.

 

Then In bed, footsore,and in slumber deep

He'll be woken with "Are you asleep?!"

But, despite all, women are a marvellous lot....

And I'd rather have them here than not!

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