With the election just days away, Republicans' thoughts naturally turn to gay marriage...

The Gay Marriage Poem

There’s something sacred ‘bout the union
Of a married man and wife,
Which is doubtless why such bondings
Rarely lead to household strife;
Were we ever to acknowledge
Other pairings with no cavil,
Then our present social order
Would most certainly unravel.

Everything would then unravel,
There would be wild dissolution;
There is only one solution,
To amend the constitution!

Nothing’s wrong with gay relations
If they’re hidden in a closet,
Then its kind of like a secret
And we needn’t go dislodge it;
But when they get conventional
And want a lawful wedding,
And speak of loving openly,
Where is this country heading?

A loving, open, gay relation
Requires prosecution;
There is only one solution,
To amend the constitution!

I’m not saying that the government
Play at discrimination,
Except in cases where the issue
In-volves fornication,
Or a woman’s ovulation,
Or preferred cohabitation,
Or on other matters sexual
On which I’ve a fixation.

In matters clearly sexual
We need a Fed intrusion;
There is only one solution,
To amend the constitution!

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©2008 Michael Silverstein