the undertaking: life studies from the dismal trade

November 9, 2015 10:39 PM

the author is Thomas Lynch. I read this book a long time ago and I'm having trouble finding a poem I vaguely remember.

it was about a long relationship and had something to do with artichokes.

posted by [tk] to Writing & Language (6 answers total)

Best answer: I will, I do, Amen, Here Here, Let's
eat, drink and be merry. Marriage is
the public spectacle of private
parts:
cheque-books and genitals, house-wares, fainthearts,
all doubts becalmed by kissing
aunt, a priest's
safe homily, those tinkling glasses
tightening those ties that truly bind
us together forever, dressed to the nines.

Darling, I reckon maybe thirty years,
given our ages and expectancies.
Barring the tragic or untimely, say,
ten thousand mornings, ten thousand evenings,
please God, ten thousand moistened nights like this,
when, mindless of these vows, our opposites,
nonetheless, attract. Thus, love's subtactraction:
the timeless from the ordinary times --
nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine.
posted by Oyéah at 10:45 PM on November 9, 2015 [7 favorites]

Best answer: thank you. so bad a google-fu
posted by [tk] at 10:52 PM on November 9, 2015

Response by poster: oh, and who is the author?
posted by [tk] at 10:56 PM on November 9, 2015

The author is... Thomas Lynch.
posted by DarlingBri at 12:05 AM on November 10, 2015 [3 favorites]

Response by poster: nevermind, I figured it out. the author is Henry Nugent
posted by [tk] at 6:55 AM on November 10, 2015

Artichokes redacted?
posted by Chitownfats at 1:29 PM on November 10, 2015