Bridge Over Troubled Waters After Christopher Marlowe Come Live With Me And Be My Love Poem by Jonathan ROBIN

Come live with me, my partner be,
and we will every contract make
that tricky opportunity
presents in life of bid and [s]take.

Trumps we shall call, my Queen of hearts,
diamonds divine declare clean breast.
We’ll not proceed by fits and starts,
but lead from strength, ne’er second best!

With points imperial we’ll show
the world we make a perfect match,
we’ll club together till Time’s flow
will slam the door and bolt the latch.

Let thus united be displayed
our souls upon life’s table baize,
always to call a spade a spade,
while psyching with a silent gaze.

Rewards, not risks and penalties,
we’ll surely reap - who’ll never err,
above the line we’ll score with ease
to win life’s cup without a slur.

Throughout life’s game we’ll not revoke,
but future points provoke with skill,
though now and then a psychic joke
helps spin the wheel that’s never still.

We’ll bridge our differences and
send signals which are never crossed,
ne’er overlook another’s hand
but seek to capture tricks thought lost.

If these delights your heart may move
to partner me through life’s long gambol,
then live with me and be my Love,
I bid you, without long preamble.