Notes About The Poem

Had no idea of the word or its context but couldn't resist writing about such a fascinatingly eloquent expression.  It is not for the contest as it is not written in the specified form.

Janky Hanky Panky

JANKY HANKY PANKY


If I had an experience JANKY
would I need a bib or a hanky
would I have to say “Oh, Thank ye”
to a lady I paid just to spank me

or would I be regaled
with mutton and ales
as crusty old goats
told seagoing tales

perhaps I would weep
in a tall castle keep
awaiting a knight
to wake me from my sleep

Or, maybe, if I’m a bit JANKY
I’m just a little bit cranky
and don’t have time for the nonsense
of the slap, tickle, and pinch

But then, if the meaning is sated
I’ll be undressed and elated
but after service for four
I’ll be locking the door

for age as it passes
leaves memory flashes
a time without such “Hanky Panky”
just give me my “bobba and blanky”

John G. Lawless
9/14/2016
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Leiser Avatar
September 15, 2016 at 12:02 AM
Hilarious:D
Allison Avatar
September 14, 2016 at 4:25 PM
great humour here John made me LOL - I had no idea what janky was either - shame you can't enter this is the contest its very amusing:-) hugs Jan xx
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