Smart Mouth
©copyright 2004 Bonita M Quesinberry
She said to me, "Mom! Times do change."
"Oh, and when," I asked, "did God so deign?
Honey, let me tell you how things be:
listen well, then maybe you will see.
Hear me now, for just a little while,
about some ways men can beguile.
He will say, 'If you loved me, you would.'
In truth, if he loved you, he wouldn't."
My teen daughter blushed and gaped wide-eyed.
"Oh? You have heard this before?" I sighed.
"Well, let me tell you how he will croon,
when dancin' with you to lovin' tunes.
He hums along and squeezes you tight,
whispers, 'You're so beautiful tonight.'"
His hand slips down just below your sash.
You say, moving his hand from your ass,
'Hey! Remember this, I've got a waist.
Stay only there, else my fist you taste!'
Want his respect? Then a lady be:
to only the right one, your heart free."
"But, beware; for his games don't end there.
'I wouldn't buy shoes,' he just might dare,
without trying them on for good fit;
nor buy a car without a test trip.
How do we know we're compatible,
if I never sit in the saddle?'"
"Hear me and don't forget, my child:
give his wants and he's gone in awhile;
but, keeping respectability
adds to his dependability."
She asked, "What say I to shoes and cars,
to keep us both from going that far?"
I laughed, "Remember these words today,
and they will pay off for you some day.
Say, "I am not a pair of cheap shoes,
garbage being their ultimate due;
nor a car to treat with no regard,
for it is destined to a junk yard."
Her eyes widened again in a flash.
I grinned, "You've already heard this trash?"
Then she whined, "But, if I don't give in,
ev'ry one says I'll be a has been!"
I advised, "True love comes only once;
you must choose well or be called a cunt."
"If he can't stay around forever,
when you refuse his hot endeavor;
then, he was not God's chosen for you:
and, that would never work, never do.
Set your price high: have him duly sign
commitment to you— the bottom line."
"A man loves your body or loves you:
one wanes, but the latter remains true.
Hold to God's values with all your might,
and He will bring the man who is right.
God's way offers both love and passion,
if done in His orderly fashion."
"Listen not to the taunts of your peers:
their ways cause heartache and many tears,
illicit kids or painful divorce;
yet, they call it a natural course.
Hold fast, stand up tall and arrow straight.
In the end, you enter heaven's gate."
"I heard all those lines long before you;
even your grand and great mothers, too.
Since Adam, man has the right to ask,
but your right is to take him to task.
Show him you are worthy of his ring,
before your virginal bridal fling."
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Author notes
Contest Option 3.http://www.authspot.com/Poetry/If-Our-Relationship-Was-a-Car-It-Would-Have-Been-Taken-to-the-Junk-Yard.549069
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When my daughter was 14— she's 44 today— we actually had this conversation. Interestingly, what brought it about was her unexpected request for birth control pills: "All my friends' mothers are getting the pill for them.
I looked at her and said, "If you choose to play the game, you will pay the price; for there is no way I will give you a license to sin against God and the Holy Spirit." I paused, then added, "Now, is there another reason you think you should have those pills? Like, have you and Rex become sexually active."
She responded, "NO, but he says if I loved him, I would."
Thus, the above conversation ensued. As a teenager— once all those eons ago— I had a reputation among the boys as having a smart mouth, just because of the above responses I gave María; yet every one of those boys would defend me to the hilt if anyone said something bad about me.
It's called gaining respect, not so much by what you say, but more by what you will and will not do: the values you project in your everyday behaviour and attitude. Behaviour and attitude attract the same: whether good or bad. Perhaps, this little ditty will help other young ladies who are at a crossroad in their relationships with their young men.
In a list
Don't be so needy as to fall for age-old lines; hold on to self-respect and integrity.
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i like it... :]
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True and wise, according to Western standarts and Ideology, though I have a different philosophy to this issue
If one takes into account that in the world the ratio women, men is three to one then surely there is more women to men, and what if each man was to marry one woman, what about the rest of women
I have to accept that marriage is not a good idea, though I deeply feel atracted to one and only womanThe Eastern countries allow a man to have more than one wives, if he can afford them, to me it sounds more logical
Anyway enjoyed your write, well done
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Gees, darling brother, did I think you would agree?
Heavens to betsy, no! Of course, not: you're a man, after all. I can just hear the lines you might hand out.
Luv & hugs, SisBon
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This is just as precious as they can come
I really enjoyed this poem of yours
The rhyme and story line is exellent.
Be blessed in all you do.
Tony
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Awww, thank you, Tony! I'm so glad my daughter is the one raising kids these days. It was tough enough when she was a teen, but today is a nightmare.
Luv & hugs, BonQ
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