The Man Who Married Misery

 Had no choice; he courted her

Unwittingly, through a lifetime of 

Denial and neglect.

His wife, though she be misery,

Never wavered in her loyalty,

Forgave his countless transgressions.

Until one day, in a rare moment of lucidity,

He proclaimed undying love 

And contained all that 

Misery

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