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Unhip

by Nancy Ames

"While tracing with a fingertip
the outline of my thigh and hip,
he erotically began to strip
and said that it would be a trip
to navigate a sailing-ship
by stars at night and radar-blip
and gave me some champagne to sip.

All the data in the micro-chip
can't emulate the truly hip.
He said the test of true friendship
was forgiving any little slip.

It was sunshine, surf, and skinny-dip
until, one day, he lost his grip
like icebergs only show a tip.

I'm dancing while he cracks the whip,
his teeth that grind, his teeth that nip,
and I'm complaining with a swollen lip,
"But how could he be so unhip?"

03/27/2008

Author's Note: This is another 'caricature poem', where there is an implied speaker.

Posted on 03/28/2008
Copyright © 2024 Nancy Ames

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 03/28/08 at 02:03 AM

Absolutely fascinating.

Posted by Charlie Morgan on 03/28/08 at 03:26 PM

...nancy, i'm in agreement w/ gabe...i think there's how-to-love-use-put up with-book hiding in your words...good write, charlie

Posted by Nicole D Gregory on 03/31/08 at 02:10 PM

WOW! This is so cool and so deep! Well done! ~N

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