The White Madonna


She walked down the isle in an eburnean dress 
looking like a beautiful Madonna I must confess
her hair long as Rapunzel was braided in a tress 
she walked and she talked like a Royal Empress 

I sat there in a wooden pew solitary as a mouse 
admiring her stature, she was marrying a louse 
but money is what she needed, and a big house 
I was no more than  a little poor hungry grouse 

Abasking in the infusion of her sun I was her host 
lost inside an old church, just like the Holy Ghost
the preacher began to talk and I hid behind a post 
counting my losses feeling small, and very lost...

She swayed, turning two lustrous eyes my way
waiting for me to speak, what I couldn't say 
poor as a church mouse all I could say is nay 
then she said no, and that really made my day.

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Date: 3/5/2024 7:34:00 AM
You drew me in and I have to admit that I wasn't expecting that ending. That was a fun..and satisfying read. I also learnt a new word today. How wonderful is that word 'eburnean'? :) Cheers - Gary
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Date: 3/5/2024 8:59:00 AM
Glad you enjoyed the poem Gary, we never stop learning do we :)
Date: 2/22/2024 7:14:00 PM
ha, ha, ha. Loved the surprise ending.
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Date: 3/5/2024 8:59:00 AM
glad you enjoyed the story Gershon
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