Partners
By Ellis Parker Butler
Love took chambers on our street
Opposite to mine;
On his door he tacked a neat,
Clearly lettered sign.
Straightway grew his custom great,
For his sign read so:
Hearts united while you wait.
Step in. Love and Co.
Much I wondered who was Co.
In Loves partnership;
Thought across the street Id go,
Learn from Loves own lip.
So I went; and since that day
Life is hard for me.
I was buncoed! (By the way,
Co. is Jealousy.)