You never could <br />figure out <br /> <br />how I <br />not only had <br /> <br />such a good figure <br /> <br />but had such a good head <br />for figures, <br /> <br />You however <br />had a pot belly <br /> <br />and couldn’t put one & one <br />together to make two. <br /> <br />Could you? <br /> <br /> <br />Dumb as <br />they come <br /> <br />your most outstanding feature <br />you could always make me come. <br /> <br />And yet <br />you stupidly <br />call me stupid! <br /> <br />Go look in a mirror! <br />See what you will find! <br /> <br />whilst I finish your tax returns. <br /> <br />Silly man! <br /> <br />I threw my pearls before you <br />...you swine! <br /> <br />And now I’ve come <br />to my senses <br /> <br />I’m glad <br />what’s mine is mine!<br /><br />Dee Wright<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/silly-man-for-peter-who-knew-no-better-and-was-capable-of-knowing-no-better-and-who-for-the-better-i-now-know-no-more/