the subtle attractions of the raddled tart - wonderful - but I'm not sure
that i get the fariytale reference - which makes the final couplet a bit
weak for me
P-P
>From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New Sub: Pumpkin Pie
>Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 15:18:30 -0000
>
> Pumpkin Pie
>
>He'd sworn that she was not his type, too thin
>with, at the most, three-quarters of a working mind,-
>and, Geez, that laugh,- a gerbil drowned in gin!
>He'd stressed again that he abhorred that kind
>of wet-lipped tart with schlepp fit for a clown,
>all tawdry flesh and flash, a laughing stock,
>hems hoist like flags and necklines plunging down:
>sure signs of too much mileage on the clock.
>
>His wife soon read the tale in Visa's sums,
>his statements contradicted, line by line;
>how odd a modern fairytale becomes
>when fantasy and fact and lies combine.
>The ugly sister croaked. Once she was dead,
>he'd had a ball in Cinderella's bed.
>
> grasshopper
Perpetua Pullman
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