Mansions

If your apartment or your house
Could use a slight expansion,
May I suggest, instead, that you
Just build yourself a mansion.

Today I've toured a couple,
Both in Hudson River towns.
With property like that, your moods
Should have no room for downs.

A bit of ostentation
Seems de rigueur, though, I guess,
But servants take good care of it,
So you don't have to stress.

If you're looking for an upgrade
And you've mega-bucks to spare,
Do like Vanderbilt or Church* - construct
A mansion for your lair.

*Frederick Vanderbilt and Frederic Church
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Rigoler Avatar
September 11, 2018 at 6:47 PM
Not me, Ilene, a comfortable house or apartment would make me happy. I'm not far from the Newport mansions and have visited the "Breakers." I find that kind of opulence decadent. Glad you enjoyed my take on the Austrian empress Maria Theresia. Thank you for stopping. / M
Adams Avatar
September 5, 2018 at 6:34 PM
Another very well written and rhymed poem! I probably won't ever have a man-sion but I do have a man-cave! That's good enough for me!!......80)
Sergi Avatar
September 5, 2018 at 5:50 PM
Great poem, Ilene" I want a mansion of bespangled glass!
Cunningham Avatar
September 5, 2018 at 3:45 PM
It would be grand for sure a lottery win I would need though.
Smith Avatar
September 4, 2018 at 5:26 PM
I'll take one please...how charming
Green Avatar
September 4, 2018 at 4:33 PM
Another cute one Ilene. I'm not sure even if I had the money I could live in one of those opulent mansions. I really enjoyed this
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