She wanted to reach the summit of the mountain in a
royal aircraft,
While I wished to walk on the scorching streets
barefoot; basking in the full
sunshine.

She wanted to drape her demeanor with fabric of the
richest quality flocculent
silk,
While I desired to camouflage my body in rags; and
stare unrelentingly at the
moon.

She wanted to use the most luxurious soap available;
to scrub her dainty skin
and face,
While I was quite contented washing my hands with
natural mud; use twigs of
the tree to brush my teeth.

She wanted a compact swimming pool to dip into;
sedately swim; with an
enclosure of crystal sequestering the same,
While I fantasized about plunging into stormy waves of
the ocean; relishing
the scent of salty spray.

She wanted clinically processed milk in late hours of
the morning; to be
served by her bedside with sizzling hot scones,
While I had an insatiable urge to garrulously
devour large pints of
milk directly from the rustic cow.

She wanted a striped umbrella to walk blending with
her queenly gloves;
irrespective of sunshine or rain,
While I ingratiatingly desired to drench my silhouette
completely in pelting
showers from the sky.

She wanted a grandiloquent watch wound tightly to her
wrist; with its luminous
dial; radiating glow,
While I vehemently resisted contraptions on my hand;
relying exorbitantly on
the positioning of the sun and stars.

She wanted to use a concoction of honey and rose to
wash her cascading hair,
While I vigorously rubbed my hair with raw lime;
annihilating remnant traces
of abhorrent dandruff.

She wanted to play intricate games of billiards; chess
and cards; within the
plush interiors of her palace,
While I simply went berserk; bursting with waves of
euphoria at executing
swashbuckling strokes with my baseball bat.

She wanted a cavalcade of cars pursuing her wherever
she went; a battalion of
cameras to snap her photograph,
While I wanted to be left solitary on the street;
uttering a volley of
expletives when provoked.

She wanted the cool air of air-conditioner to
incessantly pacify her heat,
While I was quite contented to feel the stringent
summer breeze blow wildly
across my face.

She wanted a fresh vase of flowers to embellish her
room; throughout the
tenure of the acerbic day,
While I roamed about in the jungles; hunting large
fish; caressing my lips to
the pungent aroma of blackberry shrub.

She wanted to be a glamorous model; with a plethora of
people admiring her
ostentatious jewelry,
While I simply detested the high society; was
supremely ecstatic when given a
chance to mix with innocuous children.

She wanted to love me like a commodity; besieging my
neck in a straps of
leather;
While I had this overwhelming desire of guarding her
against evil; wiping her
tears when it mattered the most,
We were actually; excellent illustrations of
conflicting personalities; god
had ever created on this earth.


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