Sound and Sense, 2-48

Time for more instances of the homophone: a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.

1. made (verb): past tense of make—to cause to exist, to bring into being, etc.; (adj.): built, formed or shaped in a specified way

2. maid (noun): an unmarried girl or woman; a woman or girl employed to do domestic work

He had not made wise choices—no.

In legal ways (and moral ones)

He was, we said, a bit too slow—

In life he walks but rarely runs.

But then he met a merry maid—

At once, his life completely changed.

A ring he found  (for which he paid!)—

And things were swiftly rearranged.

And soon they’d made a little child—

A bouncing, happy little boy,

Who, sure, became a little wild—

But still—the source of all their joy.