Here you will find thePoemPartnersof poet 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 Love?s partnership; Thought across the street I?d go? Learn from Love?s own lip. So I went; and since that day Life is hard for me. I was buncoed! (By the way, 'Co.' is Jealousy.)
