They were the pampered daughters of Auntie Suzzie
Three in all
From Angel to Pearl to Sweetie
Raised inside a house gated with walls raised tall
Trained not to touch with decorated fingers and nails
Allowed to saunter in decorated toes and nails
Blessed with fingers and nails so nourished
Dressed in toes and nails so garnished
Served with breakfast in bed
With spread of omelet on bread
Served a dinner of cakes and chocolates
Served by housemaids and handmaids
From bathroom to bedroom
Handmaids who served garnished dishes
Housemaids who washed dirty dishes
Houseboys who laundered things both outer and inner
Also things over and under
The young Sweetie grew in beauty and sweetness
To outshine her older pampered siblings
The young suitors failed not to notice her beauty and sweetness
One date after another end in a courtship
But many courtships never ended in a walk down the aisle
Sweetie never grew beyond her beauty and sweetness
Never to convince any suitor of her sweetness for matrimony
For she failed in some matters
From cleaning manners to kitchen matters
Even to boil an egg was a fumbling toil
This, her matrimonial chances it foiled
Auntie Suzzie made one bold attempt
To snatch one young suitor
For her sweet daughter
A contrived pregnancy pandered to a hurried matrimony
Where a premature ectopic delivery
Ended in a fatal caesarian section
When a stillbirth
Led to a chilling death
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Pearl appeared better prepared for life
She reaped rich results from academic pursuits
She found a suitor early in her academic journey
And stuck to him despite many holes in his pocket
The young suitor saw but overlooked Pearl’s kitchen flaws
Things looked up
Till it was time to hook up
…for life
Then her kitchen flaws showed up
…with no letup
And his pocket holes
…presented their full emptiness
As Pearl desired a fuller pocket from a higher bracket
Suitor sought a better home manageress
Even from a lower bracket
For such was what compatibility meant
Auntie Suzzie made one bold attempt
To snatch a prosperous suitor for her pampered Pearl
A contrived matrimony
A suspended pregnancy
…was all it took for Pearl to become a childless spouse
From then on waiting till eternity
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Angel had to bid her time to seek angelic intervention
In a short time angelic attention came to her intervention
Before she peaked she was picked up to be a complement
Before she even petitioned she picked seed to be a parent
Before Angel could practice to act parent
Auntie Suzzie made one cold attempt
She seized her daughter’s daughter to feed
And to pamper
To raise in the four tall walls of doting
Angel was not pleased
She could only whimper
Auntie Suzzie now made a bold attempt
To snatch away Angel’s husband of little means
To fix her a new one of plentiful means
That would not be until many blue moons
As Angel waited for another angelic intervention
She made her way back into the house of gated tall walls
To bid her time inside the same coop that pampered all for life
And so it came to pass
That the daughters with decorated nails
…were pampered for life
And house-helps with tortured days
…were prepared for life
