This girlchild was born as usual
and presented dolls that did pee-pee
and miniature GE stoves and irons
and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy.
Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said:
You have a great big nose and fat legs.
She was healthy, tested intelligent,
possessed strong arms and back,
abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity.
She went to and fro apologizing.
Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs.
She was advised to play coy,
exhorted to come on hearty,
exercise, diet, smile and wheedle.
Her good nature wore out
like a fan belt.
So she cut off her nose and her legs
and offered them up.
In the casket displayed on satin she lay
with the undertaker’s cosmetics painted on,
a turned-up putty nose,
dressed in a pink and white nightie.
Doesn’t she look pretty? everyone said.
Consummation at last.
To every woman a happy ending.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Against Unworthy Praise by William Butler Yeats
- A Riddle by William Cowper
- A Highly Valuable Chain Of Thoughts poem – Andrew Lang poems
- The Passing Of Spring poem – Alfred Austin
- A Slice Of School by Vaishnavi Prakash
- Rich or Poor by William Henry Davies
- Not even a child by Miles
- Hymn To Apollo poem – John Keats poems
- Николай Языков – Стансы (В час, как деву молодую)
- An Opera House poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Robert Burns: Up In The Morning Early:
- calling-the-spirits.html
- Exmoor poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- Вера Полозкова – И катись бутылкой по автостраде
- One Year by Sharon Olds
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
