Tenuous and Precarious

Tenuous and

Were my guardians,

Precarious and Tenuous,

Two Romans.

My father was Hazardous,

Dear old man,

Three Romans.

There was my brother Spurious,

Spurious Posthumous,

Spurious was Spurious,

Was four Romans.

My husband was Perfidious,

He was

Five Romans.

Surreptitious, our son,

Was Surreptitious,

He was six Romans.

Our cat

Still lives,

Count not

Yet.

My name is Finis,

Finis,

Finis,

I am Finis,

Six, five, four, three, two,

One Roman,

Finis.