Love Poem: Plain Jenny
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Written by: Julian Scutts

Plain Jenny

She’s not exactly a stunner
Or a beauty contest top-runner.
Sometimes she slips up on  grammar.
But is that a reason to damn 'er?
Some men  want  gold and  not copper,
And more often than not come a cropper.
George married a pretty blue stocking.
That divorce case, how horribly shocking.
Giles got  hitched to a bunny,
Who  soon hopped off with his money.
Cyril, with his eye  for good looks,
Is now happy with someone who cooks.
Poor Herbert fell for a  hooker,
And  then most sadly mistook 'er
For his  faithful, his heaven-sent  wife.
(In fact, they were hell-bent on strife).

Such  examples truly are many.
You can get two belles for a penny.
But I’ll keep to  good-hearted Jenny.
Plain Jenny, you’ll do for a life.