Crossed Line

[Johntee]

The pram in the hall

Corralled bone

Anchor stone

How many
A laureate

Has been
Sunk by that?

"Dost Thou?"
The question asked,
Affirmed response "I do!"
Thus she takes all household
Tasks. He feels it is her due.

Oh sadder man and wiser now

For rhyme will not come through

To beer the fridge and pay the rent

Verse can't earn a decent screw

And divorce is kinda rough
When maintenance is
Syphoned off

By the Inland Revenue

(Maintenance=Alimony)

[Parkinsonspoet]

This made me smile we are richer for our verses but our bank accounts remain unaware of that

[Johntee]

Hi P.P thanks. No reflection but having written it I wallowed in the bath and considered my dissatifaction with using the word "due" twice. When the words "Inland Revenue" bubbled up, I gave the third stanza a going over.

[Johntee]

This piece originated from a book I'm re-reading called "The Diary of a Somebody" by Brian Bilston, the persona of a Banksy style Twitter Guerrilla Poet when he used the word "dost." The second stanza was built around its use in weddings past, the first stanza was a stream of consciousness orphan that has sat at the end of the Notes while other pieces have swanned out the door, and stanza number 3 was written as a corrective
to Archaic Attitudes.

[RhymeLovingWriter]

Johntee That's what I call "creative versing". Way to go!