Sunday, March 31, 2024

Unthrifty Loveliness - poem

 

Lawrence Hall, HSG

Mhall46184@aol.com

 

Unthrifty Loveliness

 

Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 4

 

I had told her how beautiful she was

(she knew that through the mirror, mirror on the wall)

For her bold eyes were upon herself

As she magicked with lipstick and mascara

 

I had hoped her blush was for me to gaze upon

Her hair, her perfect lips, her slender hips

Over candlelight at the Starlight Roof

Then the telephone, not nature, called her away

 

I had told her how beautiful she was

That sports-car guy, far handsomer than I

Had said so too

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