Eva Nell
EVE NELL
BY
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
EVA NELL WAS A BEAUTIFUL BABY, LATER A TEEN
A GORGEOUS WOMAN, AS HAS EVER BEEN SEEN
COQUETTISH, CHARMING, WITH INVITING SIGHS
SOME SAID THERE WAS EVIL BEHIND THOSE EYES
OF ALL THE MEN THAT PURSED HER EXOTIC CHARMS
IT WASN’T A SURPRISE THAT SHE FELL INTO THE ARMS
OF THE WEALTHIEST BACHELOR IN OUR TOWN
THEY SOON WED , SHE WORE A BEJEWELED CROWN
THEY LIVED THE LIFE, THE RICH ARE PROJECTED
THEN ONE NIGHT AN AWFUL SCENE UNEXPECTED
HER IN-LAWS WERE KILLED WHEN FAILING TO BRAKE
CAR JUMPED THE GUARD RAIL AND SANK INTO A LAKE
RUMORS SAID EVA AND HER SPOUSE DID THEM IN
AN UNBRIDLED AND RICHER LIFE NOW TO BEGIN
AFTER ALL THIS WAS BIG MONEY, AND ONLY ONE HEIR
SUSPECTING THE FOUL PLAY WAS TOTALLY FAIR
ABOUT A YEAR LATER TRAGEDY BEFELL EVA NELL
HER HUSBAND PERISHED HE FELL INTO A WELL
OFFICIALS LAUNCHED A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
NOT MUCH REMAINED DUE TO SAME DAY CREMATION
EVA MOVED TO RICHMOND, THEN ONE NIGHT AT A BALL
SHE ATTRACTED A RICH WIDOWER HANDSOME AND TALL
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS THEY WERE JOYFULLY WED
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS HER HUSBAND WAS DEAD
AS THE SURVIVING SPOUSE SHE WAS AWARDED HALF
SMIRKING DISBELIEVERS GIGGLED AND LAUGHED
SNIDE REMARKS AND WHISPERS TO HARD TO BREACH
SOLD ALL OF THE ASSETS AND MOVED TO PALM BEACH
THEN ONE NIGHT AT A CHARITABLE AFFAIR
SHE MET A OLD GENTLEMAN, A MILLIONAIRE
IN A QUICK ORDER THE TWO WERE ALL SMILES
THEN WED, OFF IN A YACHT TO ROMANTIC ISLES
NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
THE OLD MAN HAD DROWNED SO SAID THE TEXT
EVA NELL (2)
SOMBER AND SAD SHE RETURNED TO PALM BEACH
A GREAT FORTUNE WELL WITHIN HER REACH
COLLECTED INSURANCE AND HER MARITAL SHARE
THEN OFF TO EUROPE WITH NARY A CARE
IN-LAWS DEMANDED THE EVENT BE INVESTIGATED
TO LATE, THAT VERY DAY SHE HAD HIM CREMATED
AGAIN SNIDE REMARKS AND SUSPICIOUS CRIES
CAUSED HER TO MOVE FROM PRYING EYES
SHE MOVED TO MIAMI WHERE THE BEAUTIFUL MEET
FREQUENTED SOUTH BEACH A MAGNIFICENT TREAT
POOR EVA NELL MORE GRIEF FOR HER TO SURVIVE
SUBSEQUENTLY LOST HUSBANDS FOUR AND FIVE
THEN ONE NIGHT WHILE CROSSING THE STREET
SHE WAS NEARLY STRUCK EXCEPT FOR THE FLEET
ACTIONS OF A MAN, WHO SWEPT HER INTO HIS ARMS
CULTURED AND URBANE GIFTED WITH CHARMS
ENRAPTURED , SHE INVITED HIM TO DINE AT HER PLACE
WITHIN A FEW DAYS THE TWO IN CONSTANT EMBRACE
SHE SAID TO HIM, YOU I MUST MARRY
OFF TO RENO NO TIME TO TARRY
AT A SIMPLE CHAPEL, THEY BOTH SAID I DO
SHE HAD FOUND HER LOVE HONEST AND TRUE
SHE WAS TRULY HAPPY, BEAUTIFUL AND RICH
A FEW MONTH LATER SHE WAS FOUND IN A DITCH
THEY SAY SHE WAS DRIVING FAR TOO FAST
OTHERS SAY SHE WAS CAUGHT UP BY HER PAST
HER BEREAVED HUSBAND WAS SOON REWARDED
TO ALL THE RICHES EVA NELL HAD EXTORTED
JACK WAS A BEAUTIFUL BABY LATER A TEEN
BECAME A MODERN ADONIS AS EVER BEEN SEEN
FOR ALL HIS CHARMS AND ROMANTIC SIGHS
SOME SAID THERE WAS EVIL BEHIND THOSE EYES
Copyright © John Arribas | Year Posted 2015
Post Comments
Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.
Please
Login
to post a comment