A Gay Woman

The Gay Woman 

My best friend is lesbian we get along 
like a house on fire and her office is
not cluttered with flowers and knick knacks.
I do not have to kiss her when we meet,
a firm handshake is enough. 
I live in a country where women cut you up
in traffic, want you to give way because 
they are females. And it is tiring to always 
be the gentleman...and I remember a sentence 
from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw:
 “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?”
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Collins Avatar
March 19, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Dear Mr. Manners (is that you?) Oh go to bed if you're tired. I'm feeling a bit nippy. love, Kathy
Hansen Avatar
March 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM
my manners are almost perfect, but i do have my lapses
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