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
- Sonnet 72: O, lest the world should task you to recite by William Shakespeare
- Николай Гумилев – Заводи
- Extemporaneous Effusion on being appointed to an Excise Division by Robert Burns
- Владимир Маяковский – Неделя фронта (РОСТА)
- Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell
- Mafeking poem – Alfred Austin
- Kinetic Poem 2 by Roger McGough
- I Thought Of You by Sara Teasdale
- An Empty Threat by Robert Frost
- Death Fugue by Paul Celan
- The Actor by Preeth Nambiar
- Sonnet 80: O, how I faint when I of you do write by William Shakespeare
- They are Cruel by Rixa White
- Incense by Vachel Lindsay
- Гавриил Державин – Оковы
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).
