She was a good Catholic girl
wanted to be a nun at thirteen
but then – ran away with
a Buddhist called John
Shakespeare
who(it turned out to be)
was a drug dealer.
They married & kids
followed invariably.
Becoming Mrs. Shakespeare
not all
it was
cracked up
to be.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/becoming-mrs-shakespeare/
