Wife is a maid without payment.
As a bed mate, a house maid,
A care taker, a cook, a nurse,
She serves her spouse and his kids
For the wages of title - wife.
Retirement benefit is, perhaps, widowhood.
Rm.Shanmugam Chettiar.
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-wife-and-her-benefits/