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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

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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Date: 5/30/2021 8:12:00 PM
Excellent all the way, Terry! Surely but for the grace of God, there goeth I! Another bullseye for your talented pen.
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Terry Flood
Date: 5/31/2021 11:36:00 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
Date: 5/29/2021 12:12:00 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...
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Terry Flood
Date: 5/29/2021 12:33:00 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.
Date: 5/28/2021 7:51:00 PM
You make a much-needed point in your story, Terry. Well-written, too. I enjoyed it immensely.
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Date: 5/29/2021 12:16:00 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

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