DADDY'S GIRLS III

Good daughters
Make bad wives.
And that, my child,
Is a great truth.
(or at least the daughters
of good fathers do)

They see
Too clearly
For comforting lies,
And whatever
Billy Joel says?
Honesty does
Not strengthen
The ties
Of passion
In the same
Adorable fashion
As saccharine
Smiles.

Anouk, now,
She had it right!
Screaming
Snarling
Spitting
“Nobody’s
WIFE!”

To give you
A perfect example:
I once said
To this man
As frankly
As only
The daughter
Of a good
Father can:
“Darling ,
Do you know?
As a man?
Ethically?
I thought you
Stood taller!”

As you can
Imagine
That marriage
Did not get
A single day
Older...

So daughters
Of good fathers,
Take my advice:
Good daughters
Make bad wives.


Manuela Cardiga