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Blind Date with a Poem
The bitch on the tip of my tongue
came out all wrong
She wasn't sexy at all
even when I dressed up her words
with a flashy new font
stripped them to the bone
and edited their ass off
still she sat
poetic legs firmly crossed
frowning on the page
duller than a blind date nightmare
with the Vogons
She seemed as frumpy
as old Granny Gluebones
in a brown tweed suit
peering through horn-rimmed glasses
the ingredients of her poetic juice
all dried up and confined to dust
under rusty whalebone corsets
a surefire recipe for writer's block
So I tried my best
to tickle her verbs
I sprinkled her adjectives with spice
jiggled her stanzas
and teased her internals with rhyme
but she never even winked
Her verses were playing hard to get
I would need more than a literary dildo--
even Shakespeare might struggle
to find a finger of inspiration here
but my poet's pride demanded a result
after all
I was paying for her lines
with my time
Then at last
on the cab ride home
the miracle happened
We were thrown together
by a bump in the road
and suddenly
gracing the city lights
her scent seemed headier
than a classic rose
In the twitch of a heartbeat
she'd let her hair down
taken off her glasses
and unbuttoned the top of her blouse
Her legs were no longer crossed
Oh, she said:
Is this what you want?
Now, am I your kind of poem?
Published 12th Jul 2012
| Edited 28th Jul 2021
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12th Jul 2012 12:38pm
So weird, but this was almost like reading myself, right down to my inner nerd. Scary...
Anyways, exquisite poem. Love every thing. Wonderful evocative language and imagery, coupled with the abstract style affect so well.
Peace, Indie
Anyways, exquisite poem. Love every thing. Wonderful evocative language and imagery, coupled with the abstract style affect so well.
Peace, Indie
12th Jul 2012 2:01pm
Thanks Miss I, it's a comfort glow to know there are others who might think alike.
I can't stop faffing with this ~
"jiggled her stanzas" added since you first read & maybe a few other minor strokes...
But I'm determined to stop now.
I guess it's a bit like a first date you gotta give these things time.
Appreciate your thoughts.
~ Abra
I can't stop faffing with this ~
"jiggled her stanzas" added since you first read & maybe a few other minor strokes...
But I'm determined to stop now.
I guess it's a bit like a first date you gotta give these things time.
Appreciate your thoughts.
~ Abra
12th Jul 2012 2:07pm
this was personal - person - i saw her. in all her cuteness and stubbornness, your almost irritating persistence at making her open up. i loved everything about this, but especially how full of personality it is. absolutely stellar.
12th Jul 2012 10:19pm
If she had a name I think it would probably be Ingrid (no disrespect intended to any DUP Ingrids out there who may look at this)
Glad the personification worked for you, Jax
& thank you for your kind appreciation ~ Abra
Glad the personification worked for you, Jax
& thank you for your kind appreciation ~ Abra
13th Jul 2012 8:12am
Appreciate your feedback - thanks for reading and leaving a comment ~ Abra
15th Jul 2012 12:26pm
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13th Aug 2012 9:57pm
lol. meadows are for corn or cows or sheep. not the farmer's fault if the two nakey people there were too busy to see the combine harvester. Or got cowpat all in their cracks.
This poem is you. Literally, you have put your personality into this poem, insofar as i know your personality. you could put this at the front of your anthology as an introduction.
obviously i find no structural faults. take someone else's advice on that.
I like it anyway. sorry person who commented first if you get some notification or whatever i can't be bothered to do this properly i'm lazy like that.
This poem is you. Literally, you have put your personality into this poem, insofar as i know your personality. you could put this at the front of your anthology as an introduction.
obviously i find no structural faults. take someone else's advice on that.
I like it anyway. sorry person who commented first if you get some notification or whatever i can't be bothered to do this properly i'm lazy like that.
14th Aug 2012 1:07pm
