Sonnet For the Noughties!

Come live with me, and be my mistress! No old-fashioned “man and wife”! We’ll share the things you have in common … Who wants to live the single life? Come live with me, and do my washing. Cook my dinner, iron my shirts: And when I’ve squandered all your money, I’ll show you how love really hurts … Come live with me, and have my children. Change their diapers, clean the loo: And when you fall in bed, exhausted, I’ll find you something else to do … Come live with me, and pay the mortgage. Work your fingers to the bone. I’ll splash out on a brand new motor! Ten to one, we’ll lose our home … Come live with me, and dwell in Limbo. Lose your looks, and break your health: And when you’ve lost your youth and beauty, I’ll go shack up with someone else! With apologies to W. Shakespeare