Man Logic



A wife asked her husband to go to the store.
Please buy just what I want and nothing more.
Just a carton of milk and if there’s avocados six.
I need the milk for tomorrow to put in my mix.

The husband was back soon, didn’t take him long.
The wife couldn’t believe that he got it all wrong.
Six cartons of milk he bought, so what did he say?
You told me to get six if they had avocados today.

About this poem

My wife was telling me how I always mess things up when I go shopping. I don't, but she says I do.

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Written on November 25, 2017

Submitted by UJ on August 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCDD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 393
Words 82
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9

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