A Collection of Poems

Never Reject a Pauper

There once was a pauper who lived in a garret.

She made many tapestries; was friends with a ferret.

Although she lacked the privations of life,

She longed incessantly to become a wife.

So her friend introduced her to a gamut of men.

She soon fell in love with one named Ben.

She offered her dowry of five million rugs,

but with an offer so scanty, he just gave her a hug.

Years passed, and she grew disconsolate,

From remembering that day that was oh, so unfortunate.

So one night she snuck into his house,

As creepily, as sneakily, as a mouse.

And during that night, many felt a dreadful chill,

After listening to Ben's screams, ever so shrill.