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A New Life

She bore three kids,

Cooked their meals.

Washed and cleaned,

Paid the bills.

Morning game shows

Brought her thrills,

Daytime dramas

Gave her shills.

 

She juggled schedules

Without a care,

Her kids' chauffeur

Going here and there.

To softball and soccer practices

To see them in a play,

It went on day after day.

 

The hurts and pains

Wouldn’t go away,

The wrinkles too

Were there to stay.

She moaned and groaned,

She pined all day

Of throbbing joints that ached.

Her hair started turning gray,

She's getting old, a big mistake.

 

Her rich husband said one day,

This life is not for me,

I'm going my own way,

I'm stifled, need to be free.

I'll give you child support,

You'll have alimony too,

The love is gone,

What else is there to do?

 

He went away

To start a new life,

She's on her own

To toil and strife.

He up and left her,

Very happy now,

He found himself

A trophy wife.

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black-swan
American
Published
Mar 14, 2010
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