PROMISE ME SUNSHINE

Jill wanted Jack to promise her the world.
So Jack surprised her one day, “Here’s a globe, girl!”

Eleven.

She said “Promise me the wind,” on an awkward date.
So he got her a portable fan that oscillates.

Ten.

She wanted him to promise her the heavens and stars at night.
He told her the best he could do was to catch a meteorite.

Nine.

One fateful day, she said to him, “Promise me sunshine.”
Right then and there, he knew he had to draw the line.

Eight.

“I can’t promise you that; sometimes there’ll be showers.
I can’t promise time; hell, it’s DST, we just lost an hour.

Seven.

“Through all of your wants, through all that you ask,
I feel like you just want to keep me busy with tasks.

Six.

“My goal is to make you happy. This is what I chose.
I gave you my heart and soul, but you never ask for those.

Five.

“Dear Jill, that exchange’s not fair like a carnival.
One of us participates and the other won’t start at all.

Four.

“This shouldn’t be tug o’ war; there shouldn’t be a score.
It shouldn’t be a game; it’s more than mine or yours.

Three.

“We should be working together, you know, working as a pair.
Don’t act like you’re sitting on a throne when it’s really just a chair.

Two.

“Where ya going now? Don’t walk away. Don’t eschew it.
Funny you’re leaving this table when you bring nothing to it.

One.

I treat you like a queen, even though all you want is stuff.
I can promise you that I’ll try.” Jill said, “Trying’s not enough.”

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