Lipstick

“Be this lipstick on your collar, McNeer?”,
The question inside him struck fear
  - But, a lie he’d not tell
  - “ ‘T was ye sister, Belle …”
Funerals' tomorrow I hear.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Smith Avatar
May 27, 2014 at 8:55 PM
You ain't right Jack... Smiling, Arlene
Clark Avatar
May 27, 2014 at 9:09 PM
Ha! Yeah ... I know, Arlene. Have a good one ... and thank you for stoppin' by! Jack C
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