Friday, May 2, 2008

If I had known


A Poem by Annie Dunn

I didn't know that love meant
Keeping houses clean, by constant sweeping,
Scrubbing, ironing, washing clothes,
Making beds and making wishes
For new hats, and shoes and dresses,
Staying home and cleaning messes.
If this is love, excuse the laughter,
I didn't know what I was after.
- Annie Dunn
Taken from "A History of the Ancestors & Descendants of Simeon Harmon Dunn and Annie Buletta Jensen", compiled by Vera Dunn Oliver and published privately June, 1993, page 29

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Every time I hear or see this poem, I chuckle. Grandma had a cute sense of
humor.

Larry said...

I hear tell that I was her favorite.