Perfection

( Nb- I can assure the reader that this is in no way autobiographical- absolutely impossible)


Excuse me, madam, you're too fat
and Lady, you're too thin.
Your hair's not blonde cascading curls
you've dull and spotty skin.
An hourglass figure is out of reach
for somebody like you
you look like you are pregnant and
your butt needs toning, too.
Foundation and some blusher could
improve you, for a start
then work on your eyeliner, though
you'll find that's quite an art.
Try these techniques, be careful though,
you won't know when to stop
then one day you will look like me-
product of Photoshop.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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June 22, 2015 at 4:34 PM
Good tongue in cheek poem. Reminds me of a short one of mine, "I didn't say your girlfriend was fat or thin, I just said the two things I like about her best is her chin. James
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June 23, 2015 at 7:31 AM
Viv, you sound like we have similar humor. I heard a slightly dif version: Men have many faults, women only two, every thing they say and everything they do. Of course this can be reversed too.
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June 22, 2015 at 10:01 PM
That's a great two-liner, James, I may have to keep that in my 'cutting remark' armoury, as a reply to my missus' often used " There are two things I can't stand about you- everything you say and everything you do". Thanks for popping by. Regards, Viv
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June 8, 2015 at 10:44 PM
G'day Viv... how true is this poem of yours. We can all be perfect thanks to the computer these days... if we choose to. Thanks Viv - Lindsay
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June 8, 2015 at 11:05 PM
Thanks, for stopping by, Lindsay- I'll continue on my merry way with my face that looks like a Rottweiler licking vegemite off a cactus. Regards, Viv
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June 8, 2015 at 2:51 PM
Very true write. I enjoyed!
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June 8, 2015 at 11:05 PM
Thanks, njeri, hope you're well. Viv x
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