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
- Drowning. Not Waving by P.J.Reed
- Smoke by Théophile Gautier
- Love’s Gleaning Tide by William Morris
- They’ve Put A Brassiere On A Camel by Shel Silverstein
- Song. Hush, Hush! Tread Softly! poem – John Keats poems
- On The University Carrier Who Sickn’d In The Time Of His Vacancy, Being Forbid To Go To London, By Reason Of The Plague poem – John Milton poems
- As if by Sara Herlihy
- Олег Григорьев – Я дверь в коридор отворил
- One Day You Will Miss Me.. by Rahul S
- Владимир Высоцкий – Сколько я, сколько я видел на свете их
- Кондратий Рылеев – К N. N. (У вас в гостях бывать накладно)
- Cell Mate
- The Chambermaid’s First Song by William Butler Yeats
- Leisure by William Henry Davies
- Where Are You?
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).
