Plenty Good

PLENTY GOOD

candy dance for fools
   paper crown askew
      bubble gum popping

tomboy blonde sees him plenty good
she’ll recall those cotton candy blue eyes
and clouds of curly pearl hair

her farmer-braids appraise
the mule, about to get spanked
by the slingshot tool

her cotton candy pink bows
show off a measure of femininity.
her mother planted them there.

soda pop teeth guffaw
as the jackass rears up
and the boys gang’ slap their knees

all the adults in the poetry room
rear up too
at the sound of the asinine scream

      braids upside-down
   stomach hurts
butterflies inside

7/8/2021
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Scott Avatar
June 9, 2021 at 9:56 PM
Reminds me of nervous teenaage years like the meyaphores well penned
Rodrigues Avatar
June 10, 2021 at 4:23 AM
Thanks for reading, David :)
Gentile Avatar
June 9, 2021 at 1:16 PM
A slice of life imagined to the T and fills me with the lore of Americana! I really enjoyed this Kim xxoo Happy Wednesday
Rodrigues Avatar
June 9, 2021 at 1:26 PM
Thank you, Mike! <3
Buhagiar Avatar
June 9, 2021 at 2:11 AM
I suppose this happened quite often in the countryside. One hopes the girl was not hurt. The donkey was though. Should we consider it all in good fun? Hugs
Rodrigues Avatar
June 9, 2021 at 4:16 AM
I s’pose so! Not a true story. Just for fun. (No animals hurt in the writing of this poem ; )
Wolf Avatar
June 8, 2021 at 5:39 PM
Plenty good, Kim! Not to mention 'Good & Plenty, Good & Plenty, Chew-Chew! lol. ~ Pop's Soda Breath
Rodrigues Avatar
June 8, 2021 at 7:47 PM
LOL! Those licorice Good'n Plenty were good! Thanks...pop...pop
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