Carrie Link

'TWAS THE NIGHT 'FORE MENSTRUATION

'Twas the night 'fore menstruation, and all through the house,

Not a creature was safe, especially not the spouse.

"Goddammit!" she cried, while stomping on floors,

"Am I the only one who knows how to shut doors?"

"Who is it," she asked, "that works like a dog,

While all of you sit here like bumps on a log?

No thanks do I get, no praise and no rest,

For you I give all, left for me is the mess.

Just go, take the kids, get out, I don't care,

I want to be alone, will you go? Do you dare?

If you won't leave, then I'll take to my bed,

I've had it, I quit, I wish I were dead.

Tomorrow IS another day, say Scarlett and I,

I'll feel just awful, I"ll cry and I'll cry.

I love you, you, know, despite what I said,

I take it all back, I was out of my head"