Starting Over

[Jerrybaldy]

Its love, Its love
An extra pinta, please Milky.
Susie moves in today
and we shall paint walls,
laugh and flick paint,
make love on dust sheets,
sharing emulsion kisses.

Ding a bloody dong
its wedding bells.
Jane's the bridesmaid, John is best man
and we shall dance in confetti
and we shall chink our glasses
and look beautiful and handsome
in whimsical portraits.

Book the babysitters
its a bonny baby boy
Harry, no Joe, no Harry.
and we shall not sleep
and we shall never forget
how we said that our love,
would always come first.

Pass the golf clubs, I'm off
and its time for your aerobics
greying, balding and spreading
and we shall stay in
and we shall drink wine
and we shall forget to talk
in commercial breaks

Drinks all round chaps
its a divorce ding dong.
I'm such a happy chappy, boys.
And we shall drink beer
and we shall talk of old days
and pretend they havent
gone at all.

Its love, its love
Jane always knew,
Susie wasnt for me
and we shall be starting over
and we shall be pretending
we never loved this way before
and this feels like the first time.

It's Sunday, its Sunday
I wash the car
Jane is going jogging
and we shall quit pretending
and we shall wear slippers
and cuddle in bed, each wondering
if this is finally it.

Its late, its late, in life
I'm a widower
with a coffee and the crossword
and I shall remember Jane
and I shall wonder of love
and Susie visits me on Tuesdays
and we laugh about starting over.

[hillwalker]

A cross between the 7 Ages of Man and the 7 year itch - humorous yet painfully accurate. I love the phrase 'emulsion kisses'. Where does it all go wrong, eh?

H

[dafydd manton]

The pain in that! Done some of it, regrettably. Very well put, with hardly a touch of cynicism - well done, mate!!!

[angliholic]

Hi, Jerry, me old chap!
Where have you been these days?
We've been missing you like ages and ages!
Now I know
you've been gone brewing this lovely humorous poem!
It's so wonderful that I can't help but love it!

[Jerrybaldy]

Thanks Hill, I am sure you have quoted the seven ages of man at me before , I will check, then refer to you as hilllall :P

Daffy, am happy if I avoided cynicism.

Ang, No not brewing this, I always write then post immediately, just been wandering around offline wondering when I would come back :)
cheers all
JB

[PrinceMyshkin]

"and look beautiful and handsome
in whimsical portraits"


I hope you wore a bit more than that!

Great humour in this!

[Haunted]

Interesting (and sad) in how life ends up. Your storywriting abilities never ceases to amaze me.

[Jerrybaldy]

thanks Prince, glad you found the humour, though it wasnt supposed to be in the whimsical portrait :)
Cheers haunted, you spin amazing yarns yourself :)
Jerry B

[Haunted]

...but you spin better and longer yarns :)