CAUGHT

(imitated from the Japanese)

Darling, don't be absurd!
It was just 'Kiss and tell us'.
One can't say a word!
You know I'm not jealous.

I'm curious merely -
That isn't a sin!
It was raining severely
Before you came in;

And you walked all alone
With your brolly, you say?
I'm quite puzzled, I own,
To explain it away:

How this left sleeve is wet
(Look, it needs wringing out),
And your right sleeve, my pet,
Is as dry as a drought!

Leonard McCarthy