Never Judge a Book

There is much more to a woman
Than what she can put on show
There is more in the emporium
Than there is in the shop window

Like an expensive Champagne 
That a Lambrusco will out fizzle
A woman displaying all her assets
Is invariably all sausage and no sizzle

It’s the homely types that most excite
Hiding their figure neath frumpy dress
Shy and modest to the outside world
It’s the quiet ones who most impress

Beneath sober dress they burn hottest
Much hotter than the most brazen vamp
And when you get them alone they turn
From prim librarian into wanton tramp
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Curtis Avatar
April 8, 2010 at 7:41 AM
Thank you both
Devonshire Avatar
April 8, 2010 at 7:12 AM
This is so true, Paul, and it gave me a laugh. There are so many movies where the frumpy woman takes her hair out of the bun and suddenly is perceived as desireable. I had a part like this in a play. Enjoyed! Love, Carolyn
Culverhouse Avatar
April 8, 2010 at 7:11 AM
funny---
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