LOVERS LABOUR LOST !!

He heard her stern chilling voice,
above the office typewriters noise.

he was in her office  in the top floor hall.
to propose to her he had made this call.

she was a typist, a fashionable dame
with him she was playing cat and mouse game

for many years she had given him a bait
and brought him to this desperate state

'will never marry you' she said without grace ,
'you had better get lost from this place'.

the agony caused by her venom and ire,
seered him totally like a raging fire.

his soul was now in terrible pain,
and he felt his blood quickly drain.

in her love he had for years toiled
and now he found his dreams foiled

"If she cannot ever be  my wife
what is now left to live in my life?"

that was now his aweful thought,
his own despair he vainly faught.

"I will jump down from a very great height
you should not take this matter light".

he said this to her in a quivering voice,
above the din and typewriters noise.

he also gave out a violent sigh,
but she thought he was telling a lie.

"you can go and jump down to  death"
she declared this coldly under her breath.

"I have heard men giving such  empty call
just go to the roof and have a  fall".

in utter disbelief and a mighty shock,
he listened to her cold disdainful talk.

and dashed resolutely out of the room,
and madly climbed up for his doom.

across the vast roof  like a horse he ran,
maddening fast as anyone ever can.

he dived down from the crumbling ledge,
and landed flat on a very  thick hedge.

life was saved but his ankle sprained,
he got up, and limped with a great strain.

up the staircase he crawled  to her ,
she heard his rant but did not stir.

"forty feet down the roof's slippery ledge,
and saved by some blessed garden hedge !

"you are no doubt  a lousy liar"
she said this with a mounting ire.

"failed you have  to keep your word
why should I marry  such  a nerd."

"get out of here and save your face
before I make this a police case".

on hearing this he beat a  hasty retreat ,
and  was soon lost  in the crowded street.

'no use giving away your life from a height
for a dame who  cares not for your plight.'

this was what he finally thought
and took a decision on the spot

his romance went up in a smoking curl.
he went home and married a fat old girl.

she is a good girl in all respect
with a golden heart and great tact

she cares for him and cooks his meal
and he finds this as his life's best deal.

falling in love was a stupid state
it led him to a very uncertain fate.
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