Lady Nynes

"Today's a day for whimsy, after yesterdays heavy lifting"

She buried seven husbands before her eighth
Said 'enough' and sent her and the rosaries
Packing, vowing “there'll be no clueless ninth.”
Alas, he died before the spring turned winter free.

Unmoved, vindicated, she sent her milking-maid
As proxy: deeming it fair, “the old ox went
To pasture accompanied.” After all, he'd paid,
Perhaps a little dearly, his summer's rent.

A year of mourning passed, in penitence,
Touring the continent, 'sans des soeurs.'
A proper widow, prim and veiled, on ice--
“One does what one must, and the heart endures.”

Before home again, fawned and feted, all
The diaphanous recriminations
Laid to rest, she shed her widow's shawl
And gaily wed Sir Dudley, Duke of Nynes.

Ken e Bujold

© 2022

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Your whimsy has me smiling. Your widow clearly has her eyes fixed firmly on the cash. However, I can't help thinking the blokes she wed, must have had their brains in their balls :))

Chris

[Ken e Bujold]

if the lady lives today indeed. I worked a bit to keep it as ambiguous as possible to her time period. If she lived in the days of Austin it would have been her cash as well.
and if she lived in the days of Henry well, not sure she'd have survived Henry LOL

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Ah, the ninth victim.
love 'em and dump 'em
she puts them out with the trash...
and she cannot wait until the mourning passes, because her mourning
is as valid as two headed coin.
j.

[Ken e Bujold]

to my eye more like love and bury them, she's a bit more ruthless this Lady of Nynes

[Neville]

I am not in the least bit ashamed to admit sir .. your widow sounds just like someone I once knew .. I'm just wonderin whether the corners of my mouth will lower themselves spontaneously as the day progresses, or whether I need resort to the self administration of Botox .. elsewise the missus will think I've bin lookin at the norty books again ...................... Neville :)

[Ken e Bujold]

well Neville from what I know of the dear lady, she's a bawdy lass, but be forewarned, should you tangle up her sheets you better have your life insurance policy up to date, that's an absolute deal breaker on her end