Oh dear, what can the matter be?
Of all people he
Who loved her dearly
And braved the wrath of his parents
Depended solely on his friends
To get married
But now in a manner so hurried
He separates from her.
Oh dear
What will become of our respectable society
If people do such things with impunity.
Thus said Mr. Y to Mr. X
Which did not Mr. X perplex
He seems
Quite accustomed to this.
In surprise
He didn’t his eyebrows raise
But to Mr. Y he confided this:
You know Mr. A
The other day
He was telling Mr. B
His nextdoor neighbour C
Who got not only a garden of tea
But also a huge dowry
Saw his neighbour D
Secretly
To insert his key
Into the keyhole of E.
To this Mr. Y said, he
Has heard that an orgy
Is held there daily
By A, B, C, D and E.
Ourselves let us not vex
With what A or B or C or D or E says
About Mr. Y or Mr. X
For respectable are these folks
And respectable is the place.
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A contest entry
- A quick one for the best! by Seshat Kitty.
1800 points, ended July 6, 2008, 36 entries
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nice
kool poem i liked it great write -
Silly X & Y... they say orgy like it's a bad thing! Don't much like the first line, but it serves it's purpose
'What will become of our respectable society
If people do such things with impunity'... Pretty funny. I like the whole X & Y voyeuristic distance form A, B, C etc. It's a nice piece of parody you've got there. -
haha...I LOVED the last two lines b/c they are so very true. This poem sums up gossip absolutely perfectly. It's the modern alphabet
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There isnt alot of the puncuation that I love. I don't see alot of the dirty pretty words either. Interesting thing you entered here.......
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I also believe that one need not necessarily resort to crude expressions by using dirty words to produce erotic or abusive effects.
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Thanks for reading and commenting. Very few are free from the vice of scandal-mongering. Or is it a virtue? a virtue that adds spices to our otherwise drab existence?
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Why would you enter into a dirty pretty contest without the intention of using dirty pretty???? I have never held a dirty pretty contest before and I don't even write it. (except one poem) I have had so many entries of people not entering DIrty Pretty and then when I point that out to them they bash on it. W/E.
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You are right there. Like you I have never written it. This is a wrong place for me. You may either remove the poem or ignore it when judging for awarding prizes.
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