Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Jack and Betty - a Love Story

Jack gave Betty a wedding ring
    Life for them a kite on a string

  No worries, no cares, they were in love
    Everything perfect, below and above

  Then one night Jack went 'too far'
    Look, my dear Betty, how pregnant you are

  Nine months later, morning sickness aside
    Betty no longer felt like a bride

  A new baby to care for, her husband out the door
    Betty wondered what she'd gotten married for

  But just one look in her baby's blue eyes
    Betty just knew -- her sun would again rise

  And rise it did, because Betty had faith
    Married again, she's expecting her eighth

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Marikate Kingston August 22, 2023 at 3:12 PM Good grief! Poor Betty will be really poor after buying all those diapers! Hard to give time and attention to each little ankle biter when their are so many.

Terry Flood August 21, 2023 at 3:39 PM Sounds like the sun wasn’t the only thing rising, GW. Hopefully child 2 through 8 are to the same daddy…. Or dating’s gonna be a minefield. Ha ha… and you thought I’d go all squidgy over baby’s blue eyes! ;-) Terry Gershon Wolf August 21, 2023 at 7:58 PM You mean, you're not all squidgy. ~ Idgy

Michael Tor August 20, 2023 at 9:44 PM Such a great ending. Wish all experiences end like this one Gershon. Thanks for posting my friend... Gershon Wolf August 21, 2023 at 7:57 PM And they all lived happily ever after, except Jack, 'cos he hit the road, Jack!

Valsa George August 20, 2023 at 7:32 PM A very cute story beautifully and interestingly told in rhyming verse. "But just one look in her baby's blue eyes Betty just knew -- her sun would again rise"..... Most mothers can relate to this experience of Betty ! Well done, Gershon ! Gershon Wolf August 20, 2023 at 8:41 PM And what about Jack?! What a loser, eh?! Oh, well. Betty will get better than him next time! Thanks, Valsa.