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Marie-Antoinette

It all started with a bet Inside a launderette Over a cigarette With a brunette I hadn’t yet met Her name was Marie-Antoinette As she said it she did a pirouette And wow what a silhouette Coquette she wore an amulet Feared nothing short of a bayonet Forgot the laundry it was still wet I got hungry and craved an omelet Asked M-A to join me in my Corvette Drove to the closest luncheonette Ordered baguette and anisette We talked right until the sun set She showed me a statuette She dreamt of a trip to Tibet So we jumped on a jumbo jet Me her and the rest of the jetset Across the aisle was the oddest duet He played the clarinet she the castanet While Marie-Antoinette rhymed the alphabet Dancing and waving with a serviette Try and imagine this strange vignette Marie-Antoinette Marie-Antoinette Forever in her debt Not so easy to forget I only have one regret I left Marie-Antoinette back in Tibet Submitted on November 14, 2022 for contest 2022 POETRY MARATHON MILE 20 sponsored by MARK TONEY AP: Honorable Mention 2020 Originally posted on February 17, 2018

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Date: 2/17/2018 9:57:00 PM
Ha, ha, Line! Terrific! This is REAL corker. Is there a contest for this? If so, I declare you a unanimous winner. Best of everything, Gershon Wolf, aka Butler, Rhett (but not from Tibet)...
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Date: 2/17/2018 10:17:00 PM
You crack me up, Gershon. Thank you so much for your visit and your hilarious comment.

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