A Youngman's Decision Poem by Tex T Sarnie

The doctor told me I was suffering from hypertension
and I had to calm down, and do much less.
Burning the candle at both ends would be a killer,
and my body required a needed rest.

Working all day and playing all night cannot last,
there's only so much a body can take!
Without recharging the batteries comes exhaustion,
and before long the body will break.

I worked long hours and enjoyed a social life,
adored women, and having a ball.
The only spare time I had for fun and romance,
was at night, when inhibitions fall.

My busy social life was occupied by women,
at different places on particular nights.
My encounters were usually brief but exciting,
but three remained the lights of my life.

I loved them for their humour and beauty,
and obviously their sexual play.
But my lifestyle had to change dramatically,
and cuts had to be made right away.

Giving up occasional romances would be difficult,
but even more so giving up my favourite three.
I had to find a way of deciding the one and only,
a decision that really troubled me.

Josephine, was the youngest and most exciting.
Mo, was so satisfying in every way.
Christine was the sexiest and most beautiful,
but who could I trust night and day?

I told Josephine that I had found a new love in Christine,
and Christine, that I had found a new love in Jo.
I was sorry to lose their tremendous love and affection.
Three years later, I married Mo.