My love has never been for sale
I've rented it out on occasion
Most often the arrangement ended
in a turbulent eviction
There were tenants seeking only temporary occupancy
They fled undercover of night
back into their darkness of deceptive intention.
Others unwilling to conform to
restrictions of a lease
with clauses of commitment.
Leaving in search of a more flexible arrangement.
Then there was you
Without bribe or allurement
You seduced my resolve
In full view of my heart's dauntless safeguards
Such a skilled thief and benevolent larcenist
You stole my heart
Because I was unable to give it.
A crime commited in the name of endearment.
Exactly how did this child's mind
end up so far down the gutter?
He'll see another kid's mother walk by
whistle
and utter, "Nice Udders!"
I'm telling you
little dude is smooth
with more game than Milton Bradley
at nine years old
he already (somehow) got hold of
College Girls Behaving Badly...
if you think that's bad
then
at the age of ten
he trashed the pad of his new step dad
and spray painted the place
"Jimmy's Sin Bin"
the world's not yet seen
a preteen kid this mean
truthfully
the greedy demon's already
a steady petty larcenist
and the slickest car thief on the scene
so if you see him coming
you better start running
and if he sees you
you're through!
not much you can do
his sins are many
though his years are few
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