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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365866" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Swan Dive</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The windows were open<br>The night air was cold, <br>The curtains were blowing<br>Like ribbons of gold, <br>We stood there forever<br>Both Henry and me, <br>The night his wife dived<br>Off the balcony.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We looked at each other<br>We each shook our head, <br>And waited to hear if<br>The poor girl was dead, <br>I looked at my watch<br>It was just after three, <br>When Gwendoline dived<br>Off the balcony.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I waited a moment, then: <br>'What did I say? <br>Was that a faux pas about<br>You in Calais? <br>Or did she take umbrage<br>When I poured the tea? <br>Is that why she jumped<br>Off the balcony? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Don't think for a moment, <br>Old chap, ' he had said, <br>'I thought she had mumbled<br>And stumbled to bed! <br>She'd said she had someone<br>Tomorrow to see, <br>So why would she dive<br>Off the balcony? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We walked very gingerly<br>Out through the door, <br>And peered on down from <br>The fifty-sixth floor, <br>I thought I could see a small<br>Splat by a tree, <br>Just where she had dived<br>Off the balcony.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Could that be your Gwendoline, <br>There on the ground? <br>That's funny, she dived all<br>That way, made no sound! <br>Not one little scream -<br>Did you hear? ' - 'Not me! '<br>When Gwendoline dived<br>Off the balcony.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The police galloped up<br>By the lift, through the doors, <br>'That splat in the courtyard, sir, <br>Could it be yours? '<br>Then Henry admitted that<br>It could well be, <br>His wife, who had dived<br>Off the balcony! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They made us go down with<br>A bucket and mop: <br>'Clean up every vestige, <br>Remove every drop! <br>You can't go round leaving<br>Wives haphazardly, <br>Whenever they dive<br>Off the balcony! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They made us feel humble, <br>We lowered our heads, <br>I picked up her armpits, <br>He mopped up her legs, <br>But bits of her weren't where<br>In truth, they should be, <br>When Gwendoline dived<br>Off the balcony.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Much later he told me that<br>Wives one and two, <br>Had left in the very same way, <br>I said, 'True? '<br>It seems Gwendoline had been<br>Wife number three, <br>Who'd taken a dive<br>Off the balcony.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now Henry has married <br>Again, number four, <br>He's moved his apartment down<br>To the ground floor, <br>He locks all his windows<br>And tells Stephanie, <br>'Don't ever you dive like<br>Wives one, two and three! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">3 June 2009</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Lewis+Paget">David Lewis Paget</a><div class=q>
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The night air was cold, 
The curtains were blowing
Like ribbons of gold, 
We stood there forever
Both Henry and me, 
The night his wife dived
Off the balcony.

We looked at each other
We each shook our head, 
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