Who Wears Short Shorts

who wears short shorts?
she wears short shorts.
a cute song from the seventies.
with preteens bopping around showing their cute fannies.

who wears short shorts today?
In this restaurant a pair of them just went shuffling by.
beneath them there were wobbly, jiggly, wiggly white legs.
the wizen crone is at least eighty.

does she have a mirror?
can she see?
she follows an old guy out.
I nearly fall out of my chair when she calls him “Daddy”.
surely he could tell her.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Rodrigues Avatar
June 20, 2023 at 7:28 AM
LOL! Of course all of us who grew up with the song can hear it in our heads! Yup, some people call their man, “Daddy.” - that is just so…
Krutsinger Avatar
June 20, 2023 at 1:03 PM
I was hoping it was her father, but maybe....
Bauer Avatar
June 19, 2023 at 1:08 PM
Ha! Wonderfully observed and described, Caren! I see these people as well and I just don’t get it…
Krutsinger Avatar
June 20, 2023 at 1:03 PM
I do not get it either
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