The Blank Husband Epidemic
Escape from Blank Despair: The Unhappy Odyssey
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My Auntie Eleanor had a very unhappy husband
Introduces Auntie Eleanor and her unhappy husband.
Who hated his job and hated his life
Describes the husband's discontent with both job and life.
So he wanted to drive his tan Chevy
Expresses the husband's desire to drive his car off a bridge due to hatred for the vehicle.
Off of a bridge because he hated his car
Repeats the husband's dislike for his car and life.
And he hated his life
Reiterates the husband's overall dissatisfaction with life.
He couldn't silence the ever present thought
Highlights the husband's persistent thoughts of inadequacy.
â??I'm doing all I can yet I'm an unsuccessful manâ??
Quotes the husband's realization of being unsuccessful despite his efforts.
And his heart was blank
Describes the husband's emotionally vacant heart.
Don't we know what blank people are good for
Ponders on the perceived worth of emotionally blank individuals.
What they are good for?
Questions the utility of emotionally blank people.
My Auntie Eleanor had a very unhappy husband
Reintroduces Auntie Eleanor's unhappy husband.
Who just couldn't escape or catch a break
Highlights the husband's inability to break free from his troubles.
So he wanted to ride his bike
Expresses the husband's desire to risk his life by blindfolded biking into traffic.
Blindfolded into traffic
Emphasizes the husband's disdain for both his bike and life.
Cause he hated his bike and he hated his life
Reiterates the husband's discontent and self-hatred.
His heart was consumed with guilt
States the husband's guilt, likely for not achieving success.
From the knowledge he had not
Addresses the husband's knowledge of his lack of success.
Become a successful man
Confirms the husband's status as an unsuccessful man.
He was an unsuccessful man
Repeats the acknowledgment of the husband's lack of success.
And his heart was blank
Reiterates the emotional emptiness in the husband's heart.
Don't we know what blank people are good for
Ponders on the perceived worth of emotionally blank individuals (repeated).
What they are good for?
Questions the utility of emotionally blank people (repeated).
Till one day my Auntie introduced him
Introduces a character named Gwendoline.
To her friend named Gwendoline
Describes the introduction of Gwendoline by Auntie Eleanor.
And she must have made a stunning first impression
Suggests that Gwendoline made a positive impression on the unhappy husband.
Because he left my Auntie
States that the husband left Auntie Eleanor for Gwendoline.
And never came back again leaving with Gwendoline
Confirms the husband's departure and new relationship with Gwendoline.
But my Auntie didn't care
Expresses Auntie Eleanor's indifference to her husband leaving.
She knew she could find
Asserts Auntie Eleanor's confidence in finding another emotionally blank husband.
Another blank husband anywhere
Declares the abundance of emotionally blank husbands.
By God they're everywhere
Emphasizes the prevalence of emotionally blank individuals.
My Auntie Eleanor had a very unhappy husband
Repeats the introduction of Auntie Eleanor's unhappy husband.
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