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
- Robert Burns: O Steer Her Up An’ Haud Her Gaun:
- In Sutton Woods poem – Alfred Austin
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- To Arms! (II) poem – Alfred Austin
- Model For The Laureate by William Butler Yeats
- Аля Кудряшева – Театр-весна
- Audley Court poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- The Gardener LXXXIII: She Dwelt on the Hillside by Rabindranath Tagore
- Валерий Брюсов – Е.Т. (Кто глаза ее оправил)
- His Excellency General Washington by Phillis Wheatley
- Your Words by Piera Chen
- The Best Friend by William Henry Davies
- Ок Мельникова – Не горим, не светим
- Владимир Британишский – Баня Быстрицкого
- The Emotion Line by Rita Odessa Villaruel
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).
