#Too lit

A rewrite of a well-known passage from literature to suit the #Too age

Come be my partner as you are,

An equal person on a par

With me, and Nature’s grand display

See in your own peculiar way.

We’ll coexist as separate souls

Each with our individual goals

And, heedless of each other’s views,

Interpret birdsong as we choose.

With parsnips or forget-me-nots

We’ll dig and tend our personal plots

And never for the other’s show

Plant produce neither cares to grow.

We’ll shear no lambs in case they freeze

And wear whatever clothes we please.

If selfish needs you’d not debar,

Come be my partner as you are.

(The Passionate Shepherd to his Love by Christopher Marlowe)