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Deer Ruby


Deer Ruby,

Daddy doubtful hardly Dorothy know you ...
it’s the bare bones, Toto truth

Variety gossip on the street
by parrot beaks chirping canary peeps

Said your mother had a one-night-stand revue;
a private audience of one, burlesque interview

Receptionist Rita 
wardrobe malfunction rumor denied:
Saying it show was a casting couch, 
fertility snafu tell

A mistaken DNA identity test tube fail,
surrogate voices seeking financial bail

Deer Ruby

I’m paternity suit warning you,
don’t go try to sell 
this sperm whale of a tale
to the tabloid press

Or you’ll be SUV standing in the crosshair road
of my ambitious career progress
Don’t do a Big Poppa no  no

Deer Ruby

Daughter maybe,
you might become a Jane Doe
Roadkill statistical ... accidental tourist tagged toe 
On the way blind date 
to the doctored Dub Helix party,
DOA fashionably late

Deer Ruby

Coroner foul play fate awaits
To be black ice bait 
is a slippery curve, swerve shame

Father Time
told me to double indemnity clause
policy tell you:
Have a nice afterlife!

Daddy questionable 
gives his best dirt wishes with closed coffin kisses

So take a momentary morgue pause,
and for insurance fraud sake — 
Think twice about it  ...  Don’t get cash hash-tagged, 
urn brownie baked

Deer Ruby

If you’re truly hip to the big con,
the real money underbelly action
Gender labels don’t matter none
for a mirror image son-of-a-gun

Deer Ruby

Just between you $ and $ me, hon ...
my probable, umbilical oven bun
I give a wink-and-nod confession — 
I do hope you’re my wiseguy son!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 11/18/2019 7:24:00 PM
i read this then saw your message and read it a second time...i can see the point, love the unique wording woven throughout this poetic tale... :)
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Date: 11/18/2019 2:37:00 PM
Ty, dear poets/poetesses for reading this delightful risque (risky?) flight of fancy. The characters are all fictional. They represent no one I know personally. The (maybe) father is warning the (maybe) daughter not to try and extort him. He is a con artist. He suggest they can work a con together. He admires her fearlessness and "wise guy" qualities. She has the traits of a son he always wanted. Love and peace forever.
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Date: 11/18/2019 1:18:00 PM
Two fave lines this time, Oh Doctor of Deciduosity: 1.) 'DOA fashionably late;' 2.) 'my probable umbilical oven bun.' These both really crack me up! Cheers, Gershon
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Date: 11/18/2019 12:37:00 PM
I find it interesting that you used deer instead of dear.... i wonder if this is about your daughter or a little bambi.....
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