Mating Practices of Earth Monkeys (Sonnet 2440) ― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

In a materialist society,
be it modern or medieval,
woman’s clock starts at 19 and
ends at 29, while a man’s clock starts
at 30 and runs till he drops dead.

Young women going for older men is
nothing new, it’s been the relationship
norm of apekind for thousands of years.

Regardless of your hypocrisies,
in a materialist society, a man’s value
is measured by his money, not morality,
and a woman’s value is measured
by her flesh, not her mind.

Two grown adults have a right to happiness
however they choose, just make sure that,
there’s some conscious choice involved
in your decision, not mere jungle instinct.

If you wanna know why not,
ask a 20 year old penniless boy,
or a 50 year old shapeless woman.