Smiling Smitty
Smiling Smitty has had three wives and counting
He is still cute and engaging, now, but is getting older
He courts women who own their own house and have careers
Because he likes to spend his days on hobbies.
He has had six or ten jobs, but has never kept one more than a month.
Because going to a job every day is “boring”.
The women he marries think he is cute.
He tells clever jokes and stories; he is engaging.
That lasts for the first ten years or so.
Resentment sets in about the eleventh year
Because he does not shop, cook, vacuum, dust
or help with any chores.
He might do the lawn work, but not on a regular basis.
As soon as Smitty gleans that he might get the boot
He finds his next potential mate.
Another woman with a home and a career.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2023
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