First day of the month I drag

My body down the station stairs

Sunny but chilly’s the verdict – where’s

The leafy summer gone, I gag

(A witticism awfully wet

But that’s as good as you’re gonna get)

Also at fifty miles per hour

I fly from Alison my love

But now reflect how life’s full of

Her presence – in my life a flower

Lovelier and more precious than

The Mona Lisa, an also ran!

Kinder, braver than them all

She goes about her day serene

But then I know the stress she’s seen

And yet she makes my life a ball!

That’s why my life and love I yield

To her complete. I’ll be her shield

Above all I’ll be her romance

And hold her firm and dance and dance

And all the future we’ll enhance!

‍