a political engagement

great loves' of history
i understand your fancy
to be downtrodden at heart
and to believe in love's ecstasy
the chase of the romantic fool
is always in folly
not stopping to see the danger
in their love affair
with beauty
crossed wires, burdens of plenty
angry words
and the concerns of children
money, greed, betrayal, avarice
never hesitating to ask for charity
the dream they could be the
one love,
that has hidden
all their fame and fortune
when the gaolers' break
the spirit of young men
whose family have kept
them waiting
then politics will ensure
there are tough laws
to deal with such
romantic fools
and to those whose joy
have given them everything they need
we sentence them to marry -
for children.