Diane’s friends compare her to Chaucer’s Wife of Bath
She thinks this is funny – it does not incur her wrath
Di says but the Wife of Bath didn’t have an orange vinyl recliner
That was made by the best Fargo North Dakota designer
She has four previous husbands though – number five’s name is The Fourth Earl McGrath
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Diane pleases Early and he satisfies her back
But when it comes to household chores she cuts him no slack
Di likes everything as equal as can be
On that she’s lucky she and Hubby agree
And they love sweet Melville their terrier Russell Jack*
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Early is a photographer and Di loves to write
Sometimes at night they collaborate by candlelight
Early has a small home office and Di has a picnic table out on the deck.
When they’re done they watch classic films and neck
One of their fave new(er) movies is Shrek
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Di’s favorite flower is the Canterbury Bell
The pink ones are special and match their living room well
Both Di and Early can be quite bawdy
Every so often they like a good hot toddy
Di’s really brought Early out of his shell
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