Upon our (yours truly and his missus) exchanging holy matrimony vows

Ultrasound allowed, enabled

and provided obstetrician to zoom,

image courtesy sonogram

showing fledgling fetus,

thus we pledged our troth after spouses' womb

(approximately halfway

between her pregnancy) did balloon

uterus, wherein conception

delineated birth of eldest daughter, and many a tomb

morrow later she resides in Oakland, California.

I attempt reasonable rhyme about...
oh happy yesteryear

when newly minted groom (me) wed bride

family in attendance cried

as Justice of Peace officiated as legal guide

extolling pregnancy of she who could not hide

figurative bun in the oven which matured inside

after two gametes fused and multiplied

countless times quickly birthing embryo

baby on the way nullified

application of premarital sex

and attendant use of contraceptives.

Clear out of the blue

thee wife asked me

opinion if wedded bliss between us

ha, how heretical to think otherwise

since romance long since flew

out the figurative window

impossible mission to feign significant other

analogous to brand new

alluring, beguiling, captivating... tchotchke.

All kibitizing aside, a requited love with zeal

I attest invisible spokes support unseen wheel

when turning sparking genuine care and concern

act as buffer against emotional hemorrhage

and received good housekeeping approval seal

more applicable to most recent

elapsed wedding day anniversaries

ex post facto after both daughters flew the coop

finding me reeling with empty nest syndrome,

whenever yours truly reviews mental newsreel,

now absence of offspring, akin

to psychological wound I did heal

no longer mourning natural course

of begetting progeny more readily

accepting their necessary autonomy doth appeal.

Though marriage devoid of physical intimacy wife

get along swimmingly, we exhibit less strife

than days of yore effulgence promulgated

to all readers unbeknownst to human life

form characterized by bloke,

whose words appeared across screen

exemplifying, embodying, and edifying

regarding beloved simian counterpart

bandying playfully sometimes
drubbing and drumming my body

while she (commandeering

certain orifices of her body) emulates sounds of fife.