You came back for this cynicism?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to
> poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of ROBIN HAMILTON
> Sent: 03 December 2005 23:46
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: SPOUSAL RIGHTS
>
> THE MAN WHO AUCTIONED SPOUSAL RIGHTS TO HIS PENSION ON EBAY
>
> (For Patrick McManus, and all other currently
> unmarried pensioners)
>
> Right, he thought, why should the company claw all my pension
> back when I'm dead? If I were married, my wife would get 50%
> while she was alive.
>
> I know, he further thought, I'll auction it on eBay.
> The younger they are, the longer they'll live, and the more
> they'll get. Must be a twenty-five year old somewhere who'd
> pay good money for that. Perhaps I could even enforce my
> conjugal rights afterwards. Hm . Here goes.
>
> In due course, for a really quite considerable sum, a
> blushing maiden married his pension.
>
> A few days later, as he stood on the edge of a station
> platform, the young lady's brother precipitated him in front
> of an onrushing train.
>
> His widow sobbed copiously at his funeral (paid for from the
> proceeds of the eBay auction).
>
>
> ROBIN HAMILTON
>
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