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A Geisha Today a Convict Tomorrow

A geisha today a convict tomorrow
My mouths are all speaking
Blah Glad and Hah Sad
I cannot hear them for I am done
Broken and cracked, an egg of myself

A cowgirl whose nose is out of joint
A different smell than others have
My green eyes are a glory to my face
Looking at me from a mirror
Only I understand, and no one else can see

I am holding things together with
A pretend hand.
Secretly conducting a mariachi band.
A geisha today, a convict tomorrow.
If you knew what I was thinking
You would be ahead of the game.

I have mouths that listen and a nose
That speaks. I have eyes that don’t see
The cracks at all, loving myself
In spite of the blah glads and hah sads
I am all I have got, and it is more
Than enough.
A geisha today, a convict tomorrow.

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Rhona Mcferran

Date: 10/2/2019 10:04:00 PM

I am SO in love with this poem!!!! This a favoritest-Fave-FAV!! *loveshower* You are a genius. I love every line of this... but especially the third stanza. Brilliant, my Soul Sister! ;)

Rhona Mcferran
Date: 10/3/2019 6:32:00 PM

That's it, Trixie... rock on with your bad self!! Here's a crown to go with that GENIUS trophy! ;D

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 10/3/2019 4:21:00 AM

I may not be that much of a genius.......................uh oh. Here comes Trixie. Yes, we accept the GENIUS award and gratefully.