She’d lived a life of chastity

Devoid of boys or men

Some fifty years of life alone;

Well, almost – until Ben.

He met her quite by accident

Both at the Old Folks Dance;

They chatted over biscuits,

Discussing potted plants.

Ramrod straight and military,

Grey haired and nuthatch-neat,

His gentlemany tete-a-tete

Complicit and dis...

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