Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HAVE YOU SEEN MY MISSUS?, by ANONYMOUS



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HAVE YOU SEEN MY MISSUS?, by                    
First Line: "you've heard of my children, two, seeking for each other?"
Last Line: Till I tumble into bed - it's then I miss my missus
Subject(s): Kisses;marriage;obesity; Weddings;husbands;wives


You've heard of my children, two, seeking for each other?
My daughter left home first, soon followed by her brother,
But there never was so sad and wicked world as this is,
My family are all mad, for now I've lost my missus.

* * *

Since I saw her last none knows what I suffer;
Every one I ask calls me a poor buffer.
If I could see her now I'd smother her with kisses,
I'm a wretched man, I vow: now have you seen my missus?

She took my watch and purse, a case with ring and pin in,
And then to make it worse, pawned every bit of linen.
I could forgive her that, to enjoy the marriage blisses,
For I'm losing all my fat, since I have lost my missus.

That wretched house of mine I cannot bear to enter;
For there's the portrait fine, hanging in the centre,
I oft gaze at the head, and fancy naught amiss is,
Till I tumble into bed -- it's then I miss my missus.





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