What if it cost money to say,
                                                 "I love you"
Would you have said it
                                                      So soon?
Would you have said it
                                                     So often?
Would you have said it
                                                          At all?

the opening lines
of his manuscript
said such vacuous words
here is a portion of his text
I especially like you
in a special way
he charmed the birds
right out of my tree
as a foolish girl
I fell for the lines he spoke
and after a while
I wised up to this bloke
charmers can work
all manner of smooth lines
on a lady every time
but there was always a hint
of unbelievability
in his rhyme

Romeo hath *******
and gone to the pub
to partake of six pints of ale
with his mate Scrub

thy hopes he doesn't
get booked by the cops
as he drives home
with his portly belly full of hops

Romeo is vexing and irking
me no old end
he's been excessively visiting
pubs all weekend

doth his affections
for me no longer exist
hath beer swilling
taken priority on his list

thine shall be stowing
his wallet away
so Romeo can't go out
on the town to play