Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MARRIED PEOPLE, by WALT MASON


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First Line: Young rollo and alice got married last
Last Line: Do.
Subject(s): Love - Marital; Marriage; Poverty; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


YOUNG Rollo and Alice got married last year, and then in a palace began their
career. From goldsmiths and cutlers they'd laid in a store; they'd footmen and
butlers and servants galore. They'd dachshunds and poodles, apparel the best,
and autos, and Boodle's the family crest. They had every blessing that mortals
pursue, but—this is distressing—they'd nothing to do! Alas, for the
bridal of people like these! For folks who are idle no fortune can please. So
Alice and Rollo—a matter of course; such things often follow—indulged

in divorce. Oh, Reuben and Bridget got married last May; their roll was a
midget—he worked by the day. They rented a cottage of tumbledown sort,
their fodder was pottage at ten cents a quart. He's earning his wages along with

a gang; she's canning green gages in that cheap shebang. And neither will fidget

for things out of reach; for Reuben loves Bridget, she thinks he's a peach. And

indolence raises no cloud in their view; they're busy as blazes, with plenty to

do.





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