Before the Summer Ball
\nby cricketjeff on September 28, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nShe smiled unseen, the time was near
\nHer guests assembled in the room
\nThese fools who didn’t think to fear
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Impending doom<\/p>\n
The dinner bell had called them all
\nA treat before they faced their fate
\nThe night before the Summer ball
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Where love’s in spate<\/p>\n
They should have missed her ready wit
\nSuch happenings were all her sport
\nBut idle minds do not permit
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Such careful thought<\/p>\n
Each course outshone the one before
\nAnd few would leave a single bite
\nThe bolder diners asked for more
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (That’s impolite)<\/p>\n
Before the footmen served each dish
\nShe garnished every plate with care
\nHer heartlessly unspoken wish
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hung in the air<\/p>\n
When all the food was tucked away
\nThe ladies left the men alone
\nTo drink and smoke while others play
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Which drowned her moan<\/p>\n
The sober clock chimed midnight’s hour
\nAnd all the guests trailed off to bed
\nBefore the Moon began to glower
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Upon the dead<\/p>\n
The morning broke in silent gold
\nBut none were there to see it shine
\nIn blood her final message told
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 “Revenge is mine!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Before the Summer Ball by cricketjeff on September 28, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved She smiled unseen, the time was near Her guests assembled in the room These fools who didn’t think to fear \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Impending doom The dinner bell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9694,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4771","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6737,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4771\/revisions\/6737"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}