Prompt 25 Hour 20

Read the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot and use any of the lines, words, or phrases it contains, to write your own poem (Italicize Eliot’s lines)

 

And indeed, dear husband, there will be time, 

As soon as our Baby falls asleep

Time to relax and have some wine

As soon as our Baby falls asleep…

There will be time, there will be time

As soon as our Kid starts school

I will go back to work again and you work harder for an extra dime

As soon as our Kid starts school…

And time yet for a hundred indecisions

As soon as our Teenager goes to college

We will follow his dreams and aspirations

As soon as our Teenager goes to college…

Time for you and time for me

As soon as the Young One marries

Just you and me, with unanswered queries

As soon as the Young One marries…

Indeed there will be time

As soon as the clock stops its chime…as soon as ….