BATTLE OF WORDS

‘CHEATER’ she exclaimed

showing her hand now

testing his reaction.

He pondered the word,

slightly miffed.

Stroking his chin,

he searched

for a fitting reply.

‘Go for it,’ he thought.

‘DIVORCE’ he responded

Undaunted, she taunted him

‘ Right,' she said -'ALIMONY'.

He blanched. Not again!

‘How do you do it?’

She grinned and leant

over to kiss his forehead.

‘Sheer skill, darling,

Great game, Scrabble.

Fifty pence please.’