Freddie Robinson Jr. Poet Light Verse

Trophy Wife

I and I
be a hard working man
Laying de bricks by day,
and collecting de cab fare by night
Gon save enough money, mon
buy me a beautiful trophy wife
Don't git me wrong now,
ain't talking 'bout no slavery
Trophy woman gon be free;
she gon wanna marry me,
'cause I make her life easy
Understand, see
Now let me tell you how this thang gon be
Trophy woman gon see me nice house,
big and comfy
And she gon have lotta time
to do whatever she wanna do
Long as she take care of me,
gem me my fav'rite dish: spicy jerk chicken and rice
I and I
make her life good being a trophy wife
You prob'ly think that ain't fair for her ...
I and I know, 'cause you American free
But down here on de island, there be lotta poverty;
and being a trophy wife will put her in better comp'ny
At lest she won't die from hunger and disease
Not bad tradeoff, not hard sacrifice ... 
living de sweet island life,
being I and I beautiful trophy wife

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Wendy Nipas July 28, 2018 at 6:58 PM Okay, I like this. Much love to the trophy wife. You make being a trophy wife sound special for sure. I enjoyed this. Thank you.

Alexis Y. February 8, 2017 at 8:50 AM Hi Freddie, I loved this written "island write" . I must say I didn't know where you were going(by reading the title). But I must say it all came together and made a lot of sense.Well done my friend. A without a doubt seven:-) Alexis

CayCay Godwin February 5, 2017 at 12:35 PM I was entertained - love your imagination, it soared once again. Hugs ... CayCay (I bet you can 'do' all the voices you come up with.)

Pashang Salehi February 4, 2017 at 1:43 PM Get meee won 2, I really liked it a lot..

White Wolf February 2, 2017 at 10:36 PM Ain't nutin wrong wit that, RW! Love your Island poetry my friend!

Chris Green February 2, 2017 at 2:56 PM Nope, it sure doesn't sound like a bad trade off to me. :) This was fun to read Freddie, I had the accent going and everything. :) Freddie Robinson Jr. February 2, 2017 at 3:48 PM Ty, Chris: Yeah, I had fun w/the accent. Visited Jamaica once, that's where I could live out my days. Very laid back, serene environs and people. Love always.