Jealousy

He stood upon the parapet Tittering on the ledge Giggling to himself And shuffling closer to the edge For seven storeys down below His wife and lover stood He knew what they were up to And it surely wasn’t good Chuckling to himself, and Moving slowly to the verge The anger burning deeply, and It fired a deadly urge Laughing like a loony Leaping headlong from his roost Madly flapping arms to give His fall an added boost “Your smiling now you rotten cow You won’t find this so funny I’d rather die than let you try To get hold of my money” Half way down toward the ground His progress slowly halted That crazy grin turned awful thin He thought his plan was thwarted His braces caught the flag pole And it hindered his descent He hovered for a moment And then flying up he went Bouncing up and bouncing down Till finally it stopped He smiled a rueful smile, and then His trouser buttons popped Continuing his journey As he hurtled earthward bound His wife and lover sidestepped And he crashed into the ground Laughing like a drain he seemed To find it awfully funny Though nearly dead he turned and said “I really missed you honey”