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Predicated on his wildly popular New Yorker part, Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney presents a hilarious collection of love poems for, very well, married people.

Full of brilliant wit, dynamic energy, and much dose of actuality, Love Poems for Married People takes the poetic type, turns it upside down and leaves it in the dishwasher to dry out. Inspired by probably one of the most distributed New Yorker pieces of all period, this collection catches the reality of life after the spark of a relationship offers settled–and hilariously therefore. With completely new pieces that cover every area of married life, from parental gripes to dwindling sex lives, Kenney’s wry observations and sharpened humor remind us exactly what it’s like to spend the others you will ever have with the person you love.

I was almost feeling fondness for you

As you offered me a shoulder massage in the sink–

What a little, lovely surprise.

And then you grabbed my boobs and made a ‘wha-wha’ noise.

Immediately, I sensed disgust and sadness and regret.