My wish is to get my poems published
And
not because I want to be paid
And
I will just have to persevere
Until
I manage to make the grade
I
will give up trying however, if I see
My wish is to get my poems published
And
not because I want to be paid
And
I will just have to persevere
Until
I manage to make the grade
I
will give up trying however, if I see
In more naïve times
When
I was young
I
was raised to think that
“What
little girls were made of”
Was
Sugar and spice
And
all things nice
What
an eye opener
When
finally, you grow up
And
you move in with one
Tampons,
pantie liners
Feminine
freshness
Lack
of bladder control
Pre-Menstrual
tension
Mood
swings and flushes
These
were secrets
Best
kept that way
We’re
constantly bombarded
With
information we don’t want
Or
need, in TV commercials
And
in newspaper full page ads
Never
inflicted on our dads
In
times of more awareness
Now
I am older
I
now no better
“What
little girls are made of”
Feminine
itching
And
moaning and bitching
How is this dinner?
Where’s
the condiment?
Made
delicious supper
With
a chop of pork
And
all the herbs
That
spiced upon our plates
A
brief soupcon
Of
liqueur and berries
“That billy goat’s beard looks like Palmer’s fanny” Wendy said out of the blue and giggled
“What?” I said taken by surprise
“Who’s? Rich asked
We were sitting at the back of Mr Cooke’s 4th year biology
class.
It was the first class after lunch, and we were watching a very boring
natural history film about mounting goats.
Rich and I had taken second sitting dinners which consisted of liver and
bacon whereas Wendy’s lunch was made up largely of cider.
“Claire Palmers fanny looks like that” she said and pointed at a large
brown goat on the screen.
“Seriously?” Rich said
“But she’s so small” I said irrelevantly
Claire Palmer was the smallest girl in our year by a distance, small and
plain with straight lank hair and a freckled complexion, looking back she always
looked like she should have been a year or two behind us, but I guess she
stopped growing when her pubic hair started.
I’d known her since junior school, but she was the quiet shy type, and I
don’t think she said more than a few words to me in all that time.
To be truthful she wasn’t really on my radar but at that moment she had
become significantly more interesting.
“She’s the hairiest girl in our year” Wendy continued
“What’s yours like?” I asked taking advantage of her alcohol induced
indiscretion.
“Ask him” she said nodding in Rich’s direction
“You’ve been in Wendy’s drawers?” I asked shocked and a bit jealous, not
because I fancied Wendy, but I hadn’t been in anyone’s pants except my own.
Rich just blushed, so I punched him hard the arm.
I couldn’t believe he’d had his digits among Wendy’s ginger pubes and
furthermore that he hadn’t told me all about it.
He was my best mate after all.
But he was such a drip and he’d scored before me.
“Linda McLean’s got a corker though” Wendy said a little too loud as
Linda turned around and looked at me.
As we were walking to the next lesson Wendy suddenly felt sick and went
off to throw up, Rich had French in the annex, and I had German in the main
block and it was when I was on my own that I felt a tug on my jacket sleeve.
“What were you lot talking about in Biology?” A girl asked
When I turned around, I saw it was Linda McLean with a frown on her face
I liked Linda even though she was completely flat up top, but I had to
admit I liked her even more after finding out she was more substantially
equipped down below.
“What?” I said
“What were you saying about me in biology?” she asked forcefully
“We were talking about the flicks” I lied “Rich wanted to see “Rio Lobo”,
John Wayne’s latest and Wendy fancied “Love Story”
“I heard my name mentioned” she continued
I shuffled my feet as I struggled to find an answer
“Well, um…. “I mumbled “I said I was going to ask you to the flickers,
and Wendy said “Great idea Linda’s a corker”
She didn’t speak for a moment then she said
“Well, are you going to ask me then?”
That Saturday night on the back row of the ABC Muswell Hill I confirmed
Wendy’s assessment that it was indeed a corker, and I was left to speculate
that if little Claire Palmer was considerably more luxuriant down below than
Linda then she must have to wear bigger knickers.
Does anyone know did Penny Root?
Would
you like to see Neville Shute?
Did
anyone see was Sylvia Chard?
Well, they finally got rid of Kennedy
Who
likes to drink quite liberally
I’m
not sure that it’s fair or right
He
didn’t start drinking over night
They
knew what they were getting
A
man familiar with whistle wetting
What
seems to me to be Nonsense
From
the party with a conscience
For
a liberal party not withstanding
Isn’t
the least bit understanding
I
wonder now about the motivation
Hounding
him out before the nation
It
wasn’t his reputation as a Binger
He
had to go because he was Ginger
Apparently, I have double posted
A
fact, which did not go un-noted
For
this error I humbly apologize
I
was unaware, I did not realize
But
then the poem itself was abused
Which
on this site I was unused
The
criticism levelled was not relative
And
tended greatly to be negative
However,
while trying to be funny
He
missed the mark considerably
I
have broad shoulders though for that
But
should I respond tit for tat
Normally
I do not like to be offensive
And
it’s in my nature to be passive
Perhaps
to get a response was the intent
Maybe
that was indeed what he meant
But
this may reveal an insecurity
Saying
more of him than it does of me