Loose Verses pg. 59

Loose Verses

In this world, already today

Everyone knows this

That when the wife is a candle

Then the husband is just a wick

            The more the wife desires to shine

            In this world

            At that time she sinks[1] [her] husband’s money

            Into [her] purse

A wife’s tongue- even in a pretty [wife]

Is many a time foolish

It’s a windmill that

Grinds grain to no purpose

            But the tongue, more than the windmill

            Usually takes the lead

            When it grinds and crushes

            Even when there’s no wind!

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[1] i.e “puts”