Short Bird In A Gilded Cage Poems

When the old fellow died,
the cage opened wide,
and a very rich chick
Madov mighty quick.

Moral strictures aren't always a guide.
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'She's only a bird in a gilded cage,'
so a well-known song has once told.
She married a man well advanced in years
for the sake of his riches and gold.

                 
                    II
The gentleman died, the cage opened wide,
the following verse is  untold,
and a very rich chick was off mighty quick
before her dear husband was cold.
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