a matrimonial lover

she wear her beauty like greta garbo
    charm like audrey hepburn
        compassion like mother teresa

she is my feng-shui sweetheart
    my feminist philosopher
        my computerwise granny

she reverses my sadness into joy
    performing a peacock facial expression
    screaming out a jungle bird call
    imitating jimmie durante's raspy voice

she once shocked me with rowdy jokes
    sorority sister bawdy songs
    a turkey-trot mating dance

she tastes like serendipity
    is the flavor of euphoria
       the lover that ignites our sequestered paradise

she is a west of the mississippi paradox
    inspiring me with hourly glimpses of happiness
        tantalizing me as a matrimonial lover