...it's pay enough.

Construction paper hearts on my extra pillow, 

just as Ben placed them beside me

while I still slept in the morning.

Satisfied

by Margaret E. Sangster

Love wore a threadbare dress of gray,

And toiled upon the road all day.

Love wielded pick and carried pack

Though meager-fed and sorely tasked,

One only wage Love ever asked -

A child's face to kiss at night,

A woman's smile by candlelight.