Oh shed a tear

On Illicit love :)

🎶 Oh shed a tear for the tart

Hooking a married man’s heart

A clown with a blotted nose

Strumpet fallen for his art 🎵

She may love, that’s not a crime

Why a rag to soak his grime?

Mopping up the filth he spews

His sewers cleaned for no dimes

🎵 Oh shed a tear for the tart....

 

A mare to screw in his stable

She’s a dog so laughable

Drooling for spare crumbs he throws 

At her, from his full table

Oh shed a tear for the tart....🎵

 

Red hot meat she is, for kill

Carcass, once he had his fill

A crow gawking on his roof

Booed and shooed away at will

 

🎶 Oh shed a tear for the tart....

She’s just his stain, not his love

Dirty duvet, not his dove

A witch he’ll burn on a stake

Some day smoke her on a stove

 

🎵  Oh shed a tear for the tart

Hooking a married man’s heart

A clown with a blotted nose

Strumpet fallen for his art 🎶

Author's Note

This hard-hitting poem is inspired by tales galore of extra-marital affairs in my bestie's workplace.

AABA rhyming scheme with versed refrain. All lines have 7 syllables. AJNJ eat your heart out!

Reviews

[AJNJ]

You shouted for me and here I am Ms. Kat! I see a lot of work has gone into this cruel little gem on a burning social issue lol. What is it with nice, single young women and their attraction for married men? I once liked a girl who fancied one of these guys. She had a bad fall as I predicted. Great effort by you Ditzy and I hope this is an eye-opener for some. Loved it :)

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

Haha look who's here! A poem on cheating should be cruel and I love this poem so there. The fall you mentioned is inevitable for most of these ladies as a cheater is never faithful to anyone. Thank you for the review. I hope this poem has a positive effect everywhere. Meow.

[Neville]

How absolutely shocking .. one can hardly believe such things actually go on in the real world ... are ya sure it aint just some nasty rumour going round .. you know how some folk love to gossip ...and if it is true they both ought to be given a taste of the cat o nine tales ..................... AABA rhyming too eh' brill :)

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

'Tis all fact and no fiction my friend! .......Voice turns to whisper hahaha!
Thanks for looking in dear Neville!
Loved the cat o nine tales thing! :)

[Neville]

............. there's always a claws aint there :) my pleasure

[Fran Marie]

a clever and witty
write and o h the
the descriptions
within so true
set to a nice rhyme
and rhythm.

nicely penned

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

Thanks a lot dear Fran! Its wonderful to see you on this page today, dear friend.

[iliOZ]

they say good kitties go to heaven, bad kitties go everywhere...

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

Hahaha yes on their nimble paws and claws. Thanks IliOZ !

[Chris Shaw]

Kitty Kat, as a lover of classical poetry and the sheer skill involved in strict rhyme and meter I have to say you have done a stupendous job here. Flows like a dream. Reminds me of a place I worked many moons ago where many married women who had been stay at home returned to work. The grape vine was ripe with rumours and that's where you took me. Men in middle management pursuing these ladies like bees around a honey pot. A fun piece wiith a bit of a kitty scratch to it. What a clever Ditzy you are. Morning treats for you...........


Chris

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

Awww... Thanks so very much for this lovely review dear Chris! The workplace and its grapevine! How I enjoy it and all those hush hush chats near the water cooler and coffee corner! I thrive on it, I swear by it. I'm a kitty after all 😹 But under all the fun and laughs is something so sad and bitter, isn't it?
Many happy thanks and meows for looking in today, dear friend. 💕

[Chris Shaw]

We never know dear Ditzy why people act the way they do. I have to say there is bitterness. If you are the wife in the background as I was once, it hurts like bloody hell. There I have told you a long ago secret. Take good care dear Ditzy....

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

I can't imagine anyone hurting a caring heart as yours dear Chris but as you said people can act in puzzling ways. I do know this that good things ultimately happen to good people. A hug to you my friend. Take care you too.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I was reading this and it made me think of Bukowski....drunken, mean womanizing...all for his art, the damned tortured soul....well, he does have a following....
the poor victims of his damned art...at least as he calls it.
Sorry, Dhara...this sent me there...but I just love it....
when poetry can transport me like this...it is real art!

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

And that's the ultimate compliment dear Jacob! A kitty reminiscent of Bukowski! I am thrilled you loved this piece. Thank you dear friend!

[Tania Mo]

Hoes'll be hoes you know. Serves them all right the losers. Ha!

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

I am serving them right and with a good dose of cat droppings added. Thanks a lot dear Mo.

[Marina]

A naughty musical delight, Ditzy! It has just the right amount of naughty and nice in this one. Some of your lines are indeed brutal, but they stand as a warning to those who prefer to play with the fires of illicit love. All such harlots and cads do eventually get burned. I enjoyed the layout and your use of rhyme and strict syllabic verse and those little cats playing the music to your words are just lovely. You are nothing if not always witty, creative and cheeky! 💛

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

Strict syllables is something I am picking up from AJNJ. If he can be smart I can be smarter and I told him so. Lol. Thank you for such a lovely review dear Marina. Being brutal is something that comes easy to me as a cat. But don't you think we have to be cruel to be kind sometimes? 💕

[Orange]

Little bit more, when yourself unstable like this, what can you do. You cant even focuse on your own thoughts

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

I am a very very unstable kitty 😺 yes you got that right. And guess whatI enjoy it. Thanks again Orange.

[Orange]

I'm not using my life to exchange insecurity, my love can do much better than only someone's stain, just enough now

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

I agree with you absolutely. We should not be a stain. Thank you Orange.

[Dave Brown]

Original, entertaining, good reading, all in a rigid format
Very impressive
What tune???
I see very little of this in my little world but I do see far too many divorces, no doubt fueled by it all
Funny how such naughty behavior can be such an entertaining read
He reflected

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

We probably don't see it because its undercover (pun intended wink wink) Naughty behavior is certainly rewarded unexpectedly, my kitty experience tells me. Thanks Dave 😸