the familiar tale might have commenced
in the pattern referenced
by the late professor dunne
as “human mating 101”
but fate had another plan
for the young woman and the young man
harry lost his money in a friendly game of cards
a development that he took hard
he was forced to give up idle enjoyment
and seek honest employment
which he found behind the counter of the general store
greeting customers who came through the door
one day millicent found herself
with no sassafras tea on her shelf
she wished to have some more
so she betook herself to the general store
reader, you can guess the rest
perhaps it was all for the best
harry continued to live and breathe
as did ella jane and millicent, you may believe
harry had the barefaced effrontery
not to flee the country
millicent changed hers and ella janes’s courses
and looked to fortune from other sources
harry saved his earnings for a while
but patient accumulation was not his style
he bought a racehorse named captain ben
and was never seen in the town again
ella jane got religion, and millicent died
they never had anything to hide
their roads were straight, and never twisted
but they were quite happy to have existed
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