edited: Modern Rapunzel

I admit: I did it
not the witch.
I hate my suitor,
Who still lives in middle ages.
He doesn’t own a cellphone,
doesn’t know what a car is,
and doesn’t have an inkling
how to court a woman like me.
Everyday he rides on his horse
from his faraway palace up to my fortress
just to utter words of the same idea
all over again.
He [...]

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The Emperor of Ice Cream

Call the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen cups concupiscent curds.
Let the wenches dawdle in such dress
As they are used to wear, and let the boys
Bring flowers in last month’s newspapers.
Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.
 
Take from the dresser of deal,
Lacking the three [...]

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When She Lies

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.            
 
-Margot Asquith
 
 
They say women are more deadly when they lie. Women liars are tell more lies than men, that is what geeky distrustful men perceive of gorgeous women. For the benefit of desperate boyfriends or husbands, here are some tips how to see when “she” [...]

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