Stripped of my masculine pride,
My dignity gone down the drain.
Respect disappeared,
It’s worse than I feared.
Can life be the same again?
My self-esteem has been shattered.
Eloquence reduced to babble.
Just an old so and so,
With my head way down low.
My wife just beat me at Scrabble.
© Copyright Philip Barton, February 19th, 2026, All rights reserved
