A hand on the small of my back<\/p>\n
A handsome lover gone off track<\/p>\n
And what he had yet to understand<\/p>\n
Was that all the while through the smallest crack<\/p>\n
His heartbroken love waited to attack.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
One night too many left alone,<\/p>\n
She’d donned her cloak and left the home<\/p>\n
Crept along by the brimey foam<\/p>\n
Getting herself battered and blown<\/p>\n
Down to the inn that she’d been shown.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
His hand fell away from the place it had found,<\/p>\n
As the handsome lover hit the ground,<\/p>\n
Confused I had spun around,<\/p>\n
My coy smiles turned to frowns<\/p>\n
As without a single\u00a0sound<\/p>\n
His heartbroken love had served to confound.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It had all happened in the shadow of the jig,<\/p>\n
She’d acted mean and smooth and quick<\/p>\n
Oh, for it had taken grit<\/p>\n
To end this heart-wrenching conflict<\/p>\n
With a slice in the stomach, right to the pit.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Now never let it be said<\/p>\n
That no tears were shed<\/p>\n
When suddenly he bled<\/p>\n
But not from his lover as she fled<\/p>\n
Right back home to their marital bed<\/p>\n
Still stained by the deed – bright and red.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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