Maurice Gets a Surprise

By Elton Camp For the entirety of his married life Maurice had been ruled by his wife For anything that happened to occur He had no choice but to answer to her Just ordering him around wasn’t enough Since Zelda was often violent and rough Any disagreement she’d always win Even if she had to use her rolling pin They were driving one day when “Smash!” With a Mack truck they had a bad crash Bystanders took a look with dread And found both of them were dead Since Maurice, his former life did hate He was glad to stand at the pearly gate From domination, he expected relief Without Zelda bringing him any grief He thought heaven would be so grand Then he saw Zelda, rolling pin in hand The sights cut poor Maurice to his heart “What happened to till death do us part?” Maurice said, “St. Pete, if you don’t mind The route to the other place I’ll try to find”