Roberto Poem by Francis Duggan

With a wife and two young daughters to support Roberto on a low income struggles to pay every bill
And to prevent herself from becoming pregnant again Maud his wife is on the pill
She tells her friends that Roberto is far more randy in bed
Than any man she has been with including her first husband Ted

Not a handsome looking man though charming in his own way
What we lack in one thing we make up for in another as the wise one does say
Roberto makes friends easily he is a down to earth bloke
One who spins a good yarn and tells a good joke

But on his low income he cannot afford to socialize
And that this should be so does not seem a surprise
The boss he works for not generous his workers he is not good to pay
Roberto for poverty line wages works hard every day

Like all friendly people Roberto to many is known
And he surely does have a charm of his own
Quite a virile man so says Maud his wife
In his late twenties in the prime of his life.