Ask still less of money spent where the spender thinks it went,
for, despite reminders sent, it's too easy to invent
excuses not to find the rent.
Therefore before you consent to part with pound, or penny, cent,
helping friend to supplement his small yearly increment, -
before you lament, repent!
Management most competent needs some legal instrument
to avert an accident, subsequent predicament, -
argument, embarassment
If your friendships you'd cement by behaviour sapient,
avoid disillusionment by tactful expedient, -
‘tis best the question to prevent!
Thanks for this very entertaining parody of Frost written with such expertise.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
That's hilarious. It really does have the ring of a Robert Frost poem, but your version of Frost gets tangled up in his own thread of argument..