Terry Flood Poet Rhyme

Judge Me Not

My birth name is Suzie, some say I’m a floozy
But I can’t be choosey, that’s just how it is
I’ve slept with a teacher and even a preacher
And many a doctor got more than a kiss

Don’t show me derision, you won’t go to prison
Please share me your caring and I shall share mine
Just show me your fondness for blue eyes and blondness
Sir, smile at me kindly and I shall be thine

My mother ignores me, my father deplores me
I can’t comprehend why they ever had kids
They share mutual scorn in a marriage forlorn
I guess I was born, then their love hit the skids

Next week I’ll be sixteen, that’s fifteen years unseen
Did they even once see me as heaven sent
I cook and I clean, they just watch that old screen
They don’t give a damn how I get them their rent

Just want to be flattered, don’t want to be battered
Just want to be noticed through eyes that are fond
On my bedside table, your cash will enable
me to torch this hellhole and then to abscond

So, please don't find mirth in my limited worth
All I have to offer is all that I am
Don’t think me obscene for you could have been
Stood in my shoes were you born to my pram

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Gershon Wolf May 30, 2021 at 8:12 PM Excellent all the way, Terry! Surely but for the grace of God, there goeth I! Another bullseye for your talented pen. Terry Flood May 31, 2021 at 11:36 AM Glad you enjoyed this, Gershon. It’s strange how we can write such dour tales and go straight into comic mode for something like ‘Posh Nosh’ without batting an eyelid. Thanks Gershon. Terry

Ilene Bauer May 29, 2021 at 12:12 PM terry - i so admire your ability to write with such rhythm and flow and, of course, that gorgeous rhyming! i'm a real sucker for internal rhyme and know how hard it is to pull off but you have done so quite wonderfully... Terry Flood May 29, 2021 at 12:33 PM Thankyou Ilene. You do say the nicest things; a guy could get a real big head. Glad you enjoyed my rare departure from ‘comic’. Terry.

L Milton Hankins May 28, 2021 at 7:51 PM You make a much-needed point in your story, Terry. Well-written, too. I enjoyed it immensely. Terry Flood May 29, 2021 at 12:16 AM Thanks Milt. I started writing not knowing where I was taking it. Kinda presumed it would be a gag. Something took me on a different path. Remembering the ‘Judge not lest you be judged’ contest, i moulded it accordingly even though the contest was done and dusted. Terry