HOW I IMAGINE IT TO HAVE BEEN

HE GETS HOME FROM WORK BARELY ALIVE
YOU GET HOME FROM A NINE TO FIVE
HE HATES THE TRAIN AND YOU HATE TO DRIVE
IT'S JUST LUCKY HE DOESN'T LET US HAVE FRIENDS TO ARRIVE
THEN THERE'S THE DRINKING SEEMINGLY ALL NIGhT
WHILE ALL THE TIME THERE'S ALWAYS THE SHOPPING WITH CARE
TRYING TO JUGGLE FOUR BALLS IN THE AIR
THE LITTLE ONE WON'T STOP WHINING AND WAILING
AND HE ONCE VOWED A SEA WITH A SAILBOAT TO GO SAILING

WELL THE BLUE SEA BECAME THE RED SEA WHEN THE OLDEST CUT HER HAND IN THE BATH
AND IT'S TAKING EVERY MILLIMETER OF STRENGTH TO TRIUMPH GOD'S WRATH
BUT WHY ME LORD, I WORE WHITE AT MY WEDDING IN YOUR HOUSE
SHOOT LORD, HOW WAS I TO KNOW HE'D TURN INTO SUCH A LOUSE

JUST THREE YEARS AGO EVERYONE SAID "MY BEAUTY WAS BARED
SOME WOMEN WANTED TO COMPETE WITH YOU BUT NO LADY EVER DARED"
EVERY MAN WHO SAW YOU WANTED YOU, AND EACH LADY WANTED TO BE YOU
AND NOW LOOK LORD, GIVE ME A HINT, A SUGGESTION A SIGN OF WHAT TO DO

THERE ARE OUR KIDS WHO NEVER EVER SEEM TO MAKE SENSE
AND WHAT EVER BECAME OF THAT WHITE PICKET FENCE?
I WANTED A DOG NOT AN IGUANA OR SNAKE BUT A DOGGIE WITH CLASS
NOW I HAVE AN IGUANA, AN AQUARIUM SNAKE AND MY HUSBAND, A SNAKE IN THE GRASS

NOW I KNOW OH MY LORD PRECISLY WHAT TO SAY AND TO DO
AND THIS DIVINE INTERVENTION IS SURELY FROM YOU
I KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT FOR I LIVE IN FEAR
BUT LORD,YOU ALSO KNOW WHAT I WILL DO IS STAY RIGHT HERE
(C) 2011....~free cee!~
p.s. i really hope this never hapened to you
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Feb 2011
About this poem:
THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR A FRIEND, AT LEAST I CHOOSE TO CALL HER THAT WITHOUT HER PERMISSION
AND MORE GREAT NEWS
'I THINK I FOUND MY LATEST MUSE but hush because she doesn't know

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RayfromUSA
Great poem.
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