I espouse playing the baiting game with the missus

(which above frolicsome gambit I mastered)

After mine wife

asks for this, that

or something else rife

with intent to provide barrel of laughs,

(likened to barrel of monkeys)

yours truly crafts

description how we share mirth

validating how our respective worth

matters each to the other acting childlike

to stave off altercations

that might come down figurative pike

worst case scenario whereby I strike

mine steadfast fine

(prairie home) companion.

Neither rules nor regulations exist

to our made up silly game

whereby whenever

one of us knowingly reaches out

to latch hold of desired item

specified by name,

the other person feigns to hand over

then pulls back same

alluded to object

held aloft (think

non verbal teasing banter)

said motions sustained

moments before until...

participant/ recipient

(trying in vain to grab

their coveted cherished

jackknifed prized possession)

becomes angry as raging bull.

Ofttimes when I pretend to surrender

that specific something sought after

by her royal highness prefers advanced version,

she doth lapse into her guttural patois,

which scrambled, throttled, and vocalized

(back of the throat utterances)

metrically syncopated

(couching unspoken) unclear clues

her primal wordless request

vaguely analogous

to decipher cryptograms,

whereby, I learned to look for patterns.

Yesteryear selective pastimes

whiling away hours

included many a cognitively

challenging endeavors

comprising decoding enigmatic

intriguing looking English language riddles

located within entertainment section

of The Philadelphia Inquirer

no I could never solve sudoku,

but eldest daughter (Eden Liat -

yea "star student" who matriculated

and graduated summa cum laude

courtesy University of Pennsylvania

breezed thru those logic-based,

combinatorial number-placement puzzle.

How bland a marriage devoid of non

establishmentarian activities, none

of which include physical intimacy,

cuz me libido indeed went deep south

linkedin with half dozen plus medications

yours truly readily swallows

prescribed medication to alleviate

mental health issues such as:

anxiety, obsessive compulsive behavior,

palmar hyperhidrosis,

mild depression et alia.