Once upon a time of day <br />I was a-Lone, the month was May <br />I never knew what caused this thing <br />I should have been a-Dult that spring <br />But I was not, I was a-Lone <br />when someone called me on the phone <br />It was a-Buse, I wasn't home <br />I lied and said I was a-Dapt, <br />a-Lone had gone, that was a fact <br />Just then Oh what else should I hear? <br />Another ringing in my ear <br />and then a knock came at my door <br />I opened it to find a-Dore <br />Who said we must go out just then <br />We had a date to meet a-Gain <br />So with a click and with a clack <br />I hung the phone up, just like that <br />A-Buse could wait 'till I got back <br />Then we went out and down the street <br />I looked, Oh my who should we meet? <br />It was a-Buse, so indiscreet <br />To act as though we saw it not <br />To pass it by became our plot <br />But hark! My name flew though the air <br />It was a-Miss, life isn't fair <br />A-Miss was loud and we were seen <br />It was a mess a-Buse was mean <br />To show good things will seldom last <br />Trouble came and came a-Ghast <br />A-Ghast would not let us get past <br />And then as everything went wrong <br />Right behind it came a-Long <br />A-Long that sang a different song <br />They started to argue, me oh me, <br />So off I ran to find a-Gree <br />But when I was just out of voice <br />I realized, this was my choice <br />Then I sat down and breathed a moan <br />How good it was to be a-Lone!<br /><br />Jane Van Doe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alone-alone-alone-alone-a-play-on-words/
