Goodbye Norma Jean

A  photo on a dating site
How gorgeous that girl looked
By text we flirted all that night
And I was truly hooked

She looked like a celebrity
Like Marilyn Monroe
With sexy eyes and pouting lips
And slim from head to toe

We texted till we felt at ease
And then we made the choice
We swapped our numbers eagerly
To chat some more by voice

She said some sexy things to me
(And some that made me blush)
I praised her lovely curly hair
She praised her own hairbrush

But I’m a proper cockney
And it turns out so was she
One thing she did the same as me
Was say ‘H’ silently

So when we met I got a shock
It seemed I’d got it wrong
Her ‘H’ had not been silent
For an ‘H’ did not belong

She hadn’t used her hairbrush
And her airbrush was long gone
Because the girl in front of me
Looked just like Elton John

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[‘Goodbye Norma Jean’ from ‘Candle In The Wind’
by the aforementioned Mr John]
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Bauer Avatar
December 8, 2022 at 1:26 PM
hilarious, terry! had to read this one to my husband and he thought so, too! in his words, "as good as it gets!"
Flood Avatar
December 8, 2022 at 4:01 PM
Your husband has tremendously good judgement ;-) Seriously, Ilene… the concept of blind dating must be terrifying nowadays. Terry
Daniel Avatar
December 7, 2022 at 8:48 PM
Quite a shock, Terry, these dating apps can be so misleading:)
Flood Avatar
December 8, 2022 at 4:03 PM
I would imagine so, but I don’t use them as women throw themselves at my feet wherever I go… or did I dream that? Ha ha! Terry
Hankins Avatar
December 7, 2022 at 4:18 PM
(chuckling) If at first you don't succeed, Terry, try, try again!
Flood Avatar
December 7, 2022 at 4:36 PM
Thanks, Milt. A tribute (NOT) to the highly airbrushed masses. Terry
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