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Arresting Propriety

I would obey,
if I were a lamb,
the doctrinare
who threatens jail.

I was born this way;
it’s the way I am:
flesh and hair,
tooth and nail.

So I won’t defer
-- in fact, I re-“buff” --
the society
that would dress me.

Please, officer,
don’t be so rough;
it's propriety
that arrests me.

Author notes

This was a quick write for a contest dealing with nudity. It's intended to be humorous . . . NOT a personal position.

A contest entry

If public nudity were legal, would you exercise that option?

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  • RatherImaginative silver member
    May 19, 2008

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    This one made me laugh for sure. This is a well-phrased, well-rhymed piece, and I really enjoyed it. Personally, I would not take advantage of a nudity-optional law, but that's just me. Thanks so much for entering my contest!

  • Labefaction
    April 30, 2008

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    Um ... Okay ... lol. Though I can't say it REALLY fits the prompt, it is very interesting with a good point. Thank you for entering.


  • PrabhuDayal Khattar gold member
    April 27, 2008

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    Humm..there is a point and you are quite true while transcribing the prompt..I love this wonderful piece..well done...


    • Expat4Cebu
      April 29, 2008
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      Thanks for the bronze.

      Hi Prabhu,

      Thanks for the bronze. I appreciate it. I wasn't really sure how that poem would be received. :-)

      Thanks too for the interesting prompt. It makes one think.

      Expat4Cebu


  • rhondasail
    April 24, 2008

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    If public nudity were legal, no, I would not exercise the option...I get sunburned too easily, LOL, though I do love walking in the rain and snow 'unclad' from time to time...As to the poem...it is truly humorous and wonderfully so and I believe it fits both of these contests very well. I do wonder, if you are not a lamb (or as my son would say , a sheeple) what sort of 'animal' are you? Hmmmm..Best of luck. Peace, Rhonda


    • Expat4Cebu
      April 29, 2008
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      Hmmmmm

      mmmm...I'd have to say, I'm a human kind of animal. One who dreams of desert islands and shedding humanity altogether . . . if not for just a day or two.

      By the way -- I consider sunburn preferable to frostbite.

      :-)
      Expat4Cebu

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