Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Tying a Scarf

I’ve never learned to tie a scarf
Which makes me quite the fool
‘Cause scarves can make an outfit
Look both chic and really cool.

I stare at women sporting them
Tied in a jaunty knot
And wonder what it is they have
That I just haven’t got.

My mother never taught me
How to carry off, with flair,
A swath of silk around my neck,
So suave and debonair.

What isn’t in our wheelhouse,
Even if it could be taught,
Likely never would be something
We would seek if never sought.

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Andrea Dietrich March 31, 2016 at 3:06 PM I have thought of this stuff before, Ilene. It took me forever to learn to tie my shoes. I am SO bad with things like that. Once I took an adult class in macrame and was the only adult woman who could not "get it." I never went back. If even you cannot tie things, I am in good company.

Arthur Vaso March 30, 2016 at 7:25 PM This is so sweet and beautiful, I bet the only reason for not tying a scarf is then your mother would have to teach you how to beat the men off with a broom!