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an irish tramp meets his sharp-tongued lady

by Lauren Singer

he's the most attractive version of every man
i've ever fallen in love with from a far away place.

by now i've wondered how i've gotten so lucky
as to have won the attention of a figure
who's mere presence makes women swoon.

he's told me he's the biggest and the best-
and a cocky man won't lie,
because i know he wouldn't be so confident
if he couldn't prove it.

and it's a twisted love affair we've braided,
plans of meeting and competing for
prize of best-kissed lips,
i swore to him i'd beat him, and he denied me.

and he's sure he knows the back-story
to every feminine gesture, to every masculine line,
and the recovery time to win over every sucker.

but this man...
this man breaks your heart
and bends the rules,
because as soon as you think he's
a fifthy bastard, he'll confuse you.

he's the proudest humble man i've met,
the most articulate fool,
the modest antithesis of every stereo-type.

he sips his guinness and predicts the future,
ashes a russian cigarette and licks his lips.
hides his hard-on as he approaches a beautiful girl
and covers up his wavering voice with a half-smile.

he gets them where he wants em, and he leaves em.

but i want for him to know
that even though every girl before myself
has already reassured him he's the best there ever was...

i want him to know that i'm the one who matters,
and he's the best there ever will be.

and he knows i don't talk shit
so he believes it.

07/21/2005

Author's Note: (your picture's pasted in all the right places) for the one and only mr. weston xavier olding. to read with cigarette in one hand, a woman in the other.

Posted on 07/21/2005
Copyright © 2024 Lauren Singer

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Ava Blu on 07/26/05 at 03:56 AM

you made me want to get to know each of you, even if just to be trampled upon. your author's note adding an extra spice to this.

Posted by Carolyn Coville on 08/02/05 at 12:27 PM

oooo i'm kinda going through something like this, so i love it!

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