Story Poem, Nr.01 — Flaming Ada

Flaming Ada loved her job    
she was a Fire-Eater    
performed in many circuses -      
a happy human heater    
     
she set the hearts of men ablaze    
with all her daring tricks    
and many would propose to her    
but she’d have none of it    
     
“I’m Flaming Ada” she’d reply    
I do not need a man    
and if they come too close to me    
I’ll fry them if I can”    
     
But then one day she met young Tim    
a man who swallowed swords    
and Ada fell in love with him    
and he with her, of course    
     
the two took daring to new heights    
a double-act ensued    
where she’d pre-heat the swords on stage    
he’d swallow in the mood    
     
and as his chest glowed red with fire    
he would declare his love    
“you are my greatest one desire    
a gift from heaven above”    
     
and she’d reply, blow fire rings    
form words with curling smoke    
declaring too how she loved him    
and so their love was stoked    
     
the audience loved it, every bit    
they clapped and waved and cheered    
especially when Tim’s chesty hairs    
occasionally got seared    
     
and when the happy couple wed    
some hundreds came to see    
plus thousands more who viewed it on    
late Saturday’s T.V    
     
in later years the two retired    
and went to live abroad    
but soon a life of leisure left    
them feeling rather bored    
     
so they would visit restaurants    
she’d walk in breathing fire    
and he’d toss knives and swallow them    
which customers admired    
     
the restaurant owners thought it great    
and freely gave them meals    
which Flaming Ada, Swordsman Tim    
accepted as a deal    
     
and when at last they both expired    
as is our common fate    
they ambled up and stood before    
those famous Pearly Gates    
     
the Gates were shut and Ada said    
“and where the hell’s St Peter?”    
but he was nowhere to be seen    
he didn’t even tweet her    
     
so Flaming Ada breathed her fire    
and melted both the gates    
which Tim then fashioned as a sword    
and in they walked apace    
     
then finally they spotted God    
who beckoned to the two    
said “welcome friends, we’re waiting here    
expecting both of you    
     
the meal is ready, table’s set    
please entertain us all    
we’d love to see your double-act    
and then we’ll have a ball”    
     
so Tim’s new sword was heated hot    
by Flaming Ada’s fire    
the two of them declared their love    
with passion and desire    
     
and God declared “such love as this    
is rarely ever seen    
their story must be written down    
preserved by any means”    
     
and that’s why round the world you’ll find    
in peace-times and disaster    
the stories of the couples who    
lived happily ever after.