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Platopia
by Soulo Jacob BourgeauStep right up!
Leave your pheremones
at the door!
Jump on my ride
(if > 5"3 and blonde).
Your estrogen has
nothing to fear here-
Because I am....
Platonic Man!!
Able to neutralize
the female defenses
w/ a single kind syllable!
Making converts of women the
world over!
I come here from the planet Platopia!
Women donÂ’t want
You to understand:
They just want
you to understand
they want understanding.
Understand?
To my sour chagrin
a bad boy alter ego
produced more coital
results.
Her gay friend is no more.
He used to ride a Vespa
and sip cute martinis
and comment that you're thin.
Today he migrates
via entourage
driven by dark SUV
to redecorate your condo.
She craves a kinder
gentler metrosexual-
a eunuch of compassion
(read: asexual commiseration).
Lucky FuckinÂ’ Me.
11/18/2005 Author's Note: This is just a stream of frustrated rambling from last winter. It’s kinda funny now though. I had a date one night that flopped and an unfruitful conversation w/ an attractive coworker the next day that led to this outburst. Very rough, definitely not poem worthy. In fact – it’s utter crap, but the funny kind of crap. Kerilynn thinks I should post it (this may be a limited engagement..). At least I transformed my simmering temper into a quasi-poem that day.
Posted on 11/18/2005
Copyright © 2024 Soulo Jacob Bourgeau
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Leslie Ann Eisenberg on 05/08/06 at 03:39 PM This is one of the best, and funniest poems I have read here. It is practically musical in the reading, the flow is so smooth that I could have sworn it rhymed. some favorite lines, for humor, as well as clever line and sound -- Women don’t want
You to understand:
They just want
you to understand
they want understanding.
Understand? (brilliant, unforgettable!)...sour chagrin (read that and my mouth sucked a lime!)...eunuch of compassion...and the gay best friend dumed for the "f" buddy. (news flash, women will never give up the gay boyfriend, but i see the logic here. the in case of emergency break glass bf is always handy!)... i LOVE that last line, too. the sentiment could not be stated more perfectly.... there is a heartbreaking bitterness beneath the humor, but it is effective, never trite. whether part or fully from personal experience, a good poem evokes our own stories, our own heartbreaks, or perhaps in this case, a joke at the expense of others. ultimately, a good poem is relatable to more people than just the author, which you so deftly achieve here. going in favorites. PK |
| Posted by Alisa Js on 02/23/07 at 01:14 AM LoL!!!...this is toooooo funny!!1 aloha..;-) |
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