COMEDY Poem: The Fisherman’s Wife, by Chaim Wachsberger

The fisherman who caught
the mermaid said,
she is beautiful
and, if she lives with me,
the world will say I am handsome.

And, if she has my children,
the world will say I am kind.

And, if she stays with me,
the world will say I am rich.

And, when she leaves,
the world will say he is old,
and when he was young was ugly,
cold and poor, and she had
never seen a man before.

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