Poem: No Ifs About It

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No Ifs About It

Life Will Get You in the End:
Short Stories by David Satterlee

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Short stories by David Satterlee

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An indecent (ie: not ready for prime time) proposal. A young man practices proposing (to his sister's stuffed doll, from the sounds of it). He probably shouldn't try this one on a real girl. Birdies and puppies and fish, oh my!  

No Ifs About It

If I had a little bird

Who sang a song to me,

Then I would build a home for it

Hung high up in a tree.

   Or

If I had a puppy dog

Who’d cry in pure delight

Then I would lay a rug for it

So it could sleep at night.

   Or

If I had a bowl of fish

Who'd swim and flit around

Then I would make their water fresh

And keep them safe and sound.

   But

If I had you here with me

I’d love you for all time.

And I would share my life. I would

Be yours and you’d be mine.

                                 February 29, 1972