The Cast-Off Poem by David Lewis Paget

She saw her friend on the Monday,
At the fountain, by the square,
Her skin had seemed to be glowing
With the sunlight on her hair.
She said, ‘What's happened to you, my girl,
There's an incandescent glow
That emanates from your features, '
And her friend said, ‘You should know! '

They met again on the Tuesday,
At a Café near the Strand,
Her friend sat next to a pale-faced guy
Who reached to hold her hand.
‘So this is your little secret,
You're a deep one, aren't you, Eve?
You could at least introduce us then! '
She said, ‘Oh, this is Steve! '

She missed her train on the Wednesday,
But she heard from near and far,
‘Eve has got her another guy
And he writes, and plays guitar.
We wonder how long this one will last
For she's not been true before,
Eve likes a bit of variety,
She's sure to show him the door.'

They passed in the street on Thursday,
And stopped for a bit of chat,
‘He says he's writing me summer skies, '
And Steve was this, and that.
‘Everything seems to be brighter now
There's bluebirds up in the sky,
I feel that I'm tripping on a cloud,
I never felt so high.'

She noticed the breeze on Friday,
Was as soft as featherdown,
When Eve had texted her love for him
From the other side of town.
‘Whatever he writes for me is done
In the twinking of an eye,
But I'm starting to feel so restless, for
At best, he's a boring guy.'

She happened to see, on Saturday,
Her friend at the local ball,
And looked for the poet Steve, but he
Didn't appear at all.
Though Eve was dancing with someone new
While thunder rolled in the west,
‘I cast him off, but he's there for you
If you want him, be my guest! '

The lightning flashed on the Sunday,
And Eve was soaked to the skin,
She beat on the door of Janet's place,
‘For God's sake, let me in! '
Her hair was hanging in rats tails and
She cried, ‘I'm really scared.
Steve is writing a storm for me
For he said, he'd really cared.'

The storm had gone on the Monday,
The clouds were fluffy and white,
As Janet walked to the corner store
And Eve came into sight.
Eve said, ‘What's happened to you, my girl,
There's an incandescent glow
That emanates from your features, '
And her friend said, ‘You should know! '

11 October 2014