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Proper Society

Proper Society A determined practitioner of misanthropy My ungainly feet stumbling I go about life on my own terms To sit at a table for tea Would find me apoplectic No finishing school for old women Who once burned their bras I prefer to say my piece straight out And watch truth bounce, like a pinball From the walls of artifice Polite conversation Pass its tray to others, who can Bend word to find themselves A cabal of correctness Their blinders hide them From naked actuality

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 1/7/2019 2:54:00 PM

I guess Queenie E. will just have to suck it up and face the fact that you will reject any and every invitation she sends you for a tete-a-tete at tea-time at the Palace. Tell her she'll have to be content with Megan Markle (spelling?). Ha! Keep the faith, my friend. Best wishes, Gershon

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/5/2019 1:28:00 PM

Yep vests work as well as blouses with two strategically placed pockets! I agree Sherry. Pretense is not my style either. I enjoyed this little trip down memory lane.xxoo : )

Sherry Asbury
Date: 1/5/2019 1:47:00 PM

Thanks, Connie - glad to know a kindred spirit!!

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 1/4/2019 10:00:00 PM

Who once burned their bras? How about women who always burn their bra? Or women who wear vests so no one knows they don't have one? Nice one,Sherry. I can so relate to this poem!

Sherry Asbury
Date: 1/5/2019 6:43:00 AM

I can't wear a bra because of open-heart surgery and weak scar...oh what a great consequence!! Wear camisoles and T shirts and am happy as a clam!