POEMS
SPECIAL LOVE
IN A PATH WHERE I DID SO WELL,
I MET A BOY I LOVED SO WELL,
HE CAME INTO MY HEART BY ME,
BUT NOW THIS BOY HAS SET ME FREE,
HE TOOK THIS GIRL APON HIS KNEE,
AND TOLD HER THINGS HE NEVER TOLD ME.
FOR THIS I KNOW THE REASON WHY,
FOR THIS GIRL WAS MUCH PRETTIER THAN I.
I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT AND CRIED ON MY BED,
AND NOT A WORD TO MY MOTHER WAS SAID.
MY FATHER CAME HOME LATER THAT NIGHT
AND SEARCHED THE HOUSE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.
THERE THROUGH THE DOOR HE HAD BROKEN DOWN,
HE SAW ME HANGING WITHOUT A FROWN,
ON THE BEDSIDE THIS NOTE WAS FOUND,
AND IN THE NOTE THESE WORDS WERE BOUND:
DIG A HOLE, AND DIG IT DEEP,
IN A MARBLE TOMB FROM HEAD TO FEET
AND ON THE TOMB PLEASE PLACE A DOVE
AND TELL THE WORLD I DIED FOR LOVE!
GIRLHOOD
WHEN CLIMBING THE LADDER TO SUCCESS
DON'T LET A BOY LOOK UP YOUR DRESS
THEY WILL SAY YOUR PRETTY
THEY WILL SAY YOUR FINE
BUT 9 MONTHS LATER
THEY WILL SAY IT'S NOT MINE
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