Love took chambers on our street <br />Opposite to mine; <br />On his door he tacked a neat, <br />Clearly lettered sign. <br /> <br />Straightway grew his custom great, <br />For his sign read so: <br />'Hearts united while you wait. <br />Step in. Love and Co.' <br /> <br />Much I wondered who was 'Co.' <br />In Love’s partnership; <br />Thought across the street I’d go— <br />Learn from Love’s own lip. <br /> <br />So I went; and since that day <br />Life is hard for me. <br />I was buncoed! (By the way, <br />'Co.' is Jealousy.)<br /><br />Ellis Parker Butler<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/partners-5/
