Thursday, October 11, 2012

Love Sickness

MAGPIE 138

Sick woman 1665, Jan Steen
Photograph Courtesy Tess Kinkaid, Magpie Tales


What ails thee gentle woman
For no fever can I detect
No beads of sweat
Upon thy brow
Maybe a heart defect?

If thou didst know what ails me 
 Feeling further for a clue
Thou wouldst know 
Without a doubt
My problem sir is you!





Barbara M Lake  ©
Trinidad WI
October 2012




  

7 comments:

  1. Google told me your page was in Romanian and asked me if I wanted it translated. Cute.

    Love the love sickness angle. Very nice.

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  2. Love this - the doc the cause and the cure!

    Anna :o]

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  3. Quite a tangled mess this is! As above "the cause and the cure!" ha

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  4. Love how you transported us back in time .....

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  5. That's so funny, as well as being concise and to the point!

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