Within the legislation to wed
A leg of meat was bought.
Sounds as if you are caught
Between two stools
Between her mandated matrimonial
She consulted a family lineage
And whilst down there they’d kill
Two birds with one stone
From her agnate solidarity
She went penniless to market.
Their axiomatic economics
Would speak of the cuff
Yet the abundant meat (on the hoof)
And costly bride-wealth
Squandered on about autarky
And “We can’t make ends meet”
Fission, fusion and the idiom…
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By Robert Bridge
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im sorry i just dont get it... and thats totally my fault not yours.. please dont take it personal.. thanks and good luck
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TabbyKat10988
No need to apologise Tabby it has made me happy to explain. WHilst doing my research I discovered a tradition in a country for which I cannot remember (cause I so busy trying to book a flight) for wedding traditions. The tradition was that a leg of meat be puchased on the hoof for the feast. Because of the nature of the idiom I have also used an element of humour in the last verse. The ends meet incidently is to I guess imagined as a horses hooves doing yoga. The sound as slightly over the top words like axiomatic is a geographical reference and autarky is a preference of meat (If think) it may me more to do with chicken. Hope you are not a vegatarian, if this is the case the apologee is mine, thanks for your best wishes, Rob B
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