Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #108
The Tailor's Wife Had Measles
by Belinda Roddie
The tailor's wife had measles while he worked
feverishly on the earl's new but long
coat. The earl was rather diminutive,
so he did not like it when his tails dragged
across the pavement as he walked. So as
his poor wife stayed in bed, a rash across
her perspiring face, the tailor cut, trimmed,
and hemmed all night, sewing up the new ends
of the fine coat. He did not come up to
the bedroom with a pot of tea, nor sing
a crooner's tune to comfort his wife so
ill. But then he found the earl sitting next
to the poor girl next morning. "Why?" he cried.
"She needed attention!" the earl replied.
by Belinda Roddie
The tailor's wife had measles while he worked
feverishly on the earl's new but long
coat. The earl was rather diminutive,
so he did not like it when his tails dragged
across the pavement as he walked. So as
his poor wife stayed in bed, a rash across
her perspiring face, the tailor cut, trimmed,
and hemmed all night, sewing up the new ends
of the fine coat. He did not come up to
the bedroom with a pot of tea, nor sing
a crooner's tune to comfort his wife so
ill. But then he found the earl sitting next
to the poor girl next morning. "Why?" he cried.
"She needed attention!" the earl replied.
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