Parody by Top Critiquers Poems

when writing poetry
it's good not to get
too wordy sometimes

...so there

Smitten: Blind Date                            
                                
“Doug, I want you to invite the prop man from the show over for dinner. But don’t worry I’m not going to make love to him upstairs while you’re sleeping off the bourbon on the couch.”
“Ro, why would that even cross your mind?”
“My mind slips into the gutter with the ease of a soap opera wife. I have a lady friend who you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting yet. She is a lonely girl in need of companionship. So they may hit it off.”
Rowena’s lady friend arrives at the door....

look
if you had one shot, or one opportunity
to diss your mummy
would you take it or just let it slip?
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yo, come with me for a second to 1352 B.C
before I ever had to seek therapy
my mum, she was a cruel queen of the Nile
force fed me lies
had me swimming in all kinds of denial
if only I had a clue of what she was up to
enslaving our people just to build her temples
released a curse on the earth
a 200 year plague to boot
but worst of all is how neglectful she was
always off with a different peasant dude
if only...